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Harry Anthony Creed

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harry Anthony AWMM
  • Surname
    Creed AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 1310 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1897 AWMM Herefordshire, England AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Sydney, New South Wales AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mary Ann Creed (mother), 55 Collingwood Street, Nelson AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 1310 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 16 August 1915 AWMM
    Age 19 AWMM
    Clerk/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5 ft 61/2 in AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      158 lb AWMM
    • Eye colour, WWI AWMM
      Grey AWMM
    • Hair colour, WWI AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Complexion, WWI AWMM
      Fair AWMM
    • Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Employed as a clerk in the Railway Department in New Plymouth before enlistment. Was unable to enlist in New Zealand due to age so went to Australia and enlisted there. Embarked with the 10th Reinforcements and was posted to the 1st Australian Light Horse. Later served in the Composite Australian Light Horse Regiment.

    Son of Alfred and Mary Ann Creed, nee Lloyd of 216, Hardy St., Nelson, one of 7 children. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    25 December 1915 AWMM
    Age 19 AWMM
    Mersa Matruh, Egypt AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    • Mersa Malzish Graveyard (initial place of burial) AWMM
    • Grave 3, Plot O, Chatby Cemetery, Alexandria (reinterred) AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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    Panel 2 Australian War Memorial, Canberra
    Nelson Cenotaph, Anzac Park, Nelson Public - Peter - Researcher - 30 October 2018 - on-site and on-line

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30 October 2018PeterNelsonResearcher

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