ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

POWER, Henry Horace

POWER, Henry Horace

Full Name: Henry Horace

POWER

Date of Birth: 09

–

1888

Place of birth: Cork

Ireland

Occupation: Farmer

Address: Donnelly River via Manjimup WA

Next of Kin: Father- John POWER, Mother – Isabel POWER

Next of Kin Address: 2 Sydmonton Place Greystones Wicklow Ireland

Religion: Church of England

Service Number: 3980

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 16th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1915-09-08

Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1915-12-17

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1916-01-20

Locations Served:

,

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: Killed in Action

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Pozieres, France

Age at Death: 28

Burial Location: Inscription Villers-Brettoneux Memorial France

30/08/1915- Completed Application to Enlist & Preliminary Medical Examination Bridgetown WA
8/09/1915- To No. 28 Depot Blackboy Hill WA as Private
14/09/1915- To ” C ” Company No. 2 Depot Battalion Blackboy Hill
16/10/1915- Allotted to 12th Reinforcements 16th Battalion Blackboy Hill
17/12/1915- Embarked Fremantle WA aboard ” Ajana ” bound for Egypt
20/01/1916- Disembarked Alexandria ex Australia to Overseas Training Base
7/03/1916- Taken on Strength 16th Battalion Tel-el-Kebir Egypt
1/06/1916- Embarked Alexandria with British Expeditionary Forces bound for Marseilles France
9/06/1916- Disembarked Marseilles
12/08/1916- Killed in Action Pozieres, France.

 

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

British War Medal – No. 27523

Victory Medal – No. 27345

Memorial Plaque/Scroll – No. 310024.

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Manjimup War Memorial WA

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT – Panel No. 80

Villers-Brettoneux Memorial France.