Haslam, Harold Wallis Thomas

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M M., Pharmacy : Private, A.A.M.C., A.I.F., France. Enlisting 22nd June, 1915, and sailing 18th December with reinforcements to Auxiliary Hospital, joined 2nd Australian Field Ambulance 3rd August, 1916, and was at Pozieres, Somme, Lagnicourt and Ypres, where attached to 102nd Howitzer Battery and, although wounded 29th July, 1917, served till death. Killed in Action, Ypres, 20th October, 1917, and buried in The Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch. Early education at Christ Church St. Laurence and Fort St. High Schools. "Our son."
". . .he died gamely the most honourable death possible for any young fellow at the present time—he gave his life for a comrade while fighting for his country."— Captain Doherty.

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Early education at Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Early education at Fort Street High School, Millers Point, NSW, Australia
1915

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1915
1915

Enlisted 22 Jun 1915
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Military service as Private at France --, France
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Military award: M. Military Medal on
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Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on
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Death in Ypres --, Belgium 20 October 1917

Gender

Male

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