Peel, Harry Harding Johnston

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen Peel, Harry Harding Johnston

Service Service Number Number 1494 3433 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Died of Wounds 4th August 1916 Gallipoli Peninsula 44th Casualty Clearing Station, France

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1 st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

Peel, Harry Harding Johnston

SERVICE NO

3433

UNIT

13th Battalion/11th Reinfs./4th Pioneer Battalion

RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

21 yrs 6 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Neutral Bay, Sydney, NSW

ADDRESS OCCUPATION

Mechanic

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

3 Aug 1915

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Warwick Farm, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE NEXT OF KIN PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Father;- Harry Peel, Woy Woy Mother;- Edith Jane Peel /later address c/- Mrs A Johnston “Oakland” 223 Avoca St Randwick. Height-5’8¼”. Weight-142lbs. Chest-36”. Complexion-Fresh. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Dark.

RELIGION

C/E

EMBARKED

13 Oct 1915 Sydney per A17 “Port Lincoln”

DISEMBARKED NOTES WOUNDED/ILLNESS

4 Aug 1916-Shell wound to back, GSW Buttock nr Pozieres

DIED

4 Aug 1916- 44th Casualty Clearing Station, France

BURIED

Puchevillers Plot 2 Row C Gve 56-7½ miles SSE of Doullens by Rev C F Knyvett

MEDALS

1914-15 Star-13707, British War Medal-22253, Victory Medal-22086. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-321708

DEPENDANTS

Mother

PERSONAL EFFECTS

Disc, 5 coins, ring (stone missing), metal ring/ Religious book, wrist watch in cover./

WILL CORRESPONDENCE

Mother Sister;- Carroline Peel, C/- Mrs Brett 20 Hartley St. Rozelle/

Gosford Times 8th September 1916 Woy Woy Lads At the War Mrs Edith Johnstone had received the following letters from chums of her brother, Private Harry Peel, of Woy Woy, who was recently killed in France:"Somewhere in France" 20th December- We miss Harry very much. I never got a chance to get anything belonging to him-it was all handed in. I have been in the hospital for a fortnight. Met Nick Warmoll there, and we put in the time together. Also met Billy Costello in the ----(censored) fight. I suppose you heard of that place in the papers. That's where poor old Harry was killed. Remember me to you dear old mother. Tell her to cheer up, as we have to keep hanging on till the end. Yours sincerely, Roy December 20 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I was very grieved to hear about poor Harry's death. He was a real good friend to Roy and myself, and was one of the best in every respect. Although I was not in the same platoon as Harry and Roy, we three kept close together after duty hours, and we miss him now. I was not with him the day he was wounded, but I can say he did his duty and never shirked. They say the good die young, and it is quite true in Harry's case. There are only Roy and myself left of the old group. We are all separated, and I often wonder how many of us will return. Yours truly CHAPLIN

Gosford Times 2nd August 1917 ROLL OF HONOR PEEL-In loving memory of Private Harry Peel, died of wounds in France, August 4th, 1916. Inserted by his loving mother, Edie and Arthur.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8009972

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