Filshie, Harold John

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M.C., B.A. : Lieutenant, 10th Medium Trench Mortar Battery, A.I.F., Gallipoli and France. Enlisting 24th April, 1915, and sailing 15th May, served at No. 3 Australian General Hospital, Lemnos, until after the Evacuation. Transferring to 5th Divisional Artillery in May, 1916, as secondlieutenant, crossed to France in June and served at Fleurbaix, Somme, Hindenburg Line, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Villers-Bretonneux and elsewhere and was also Education Officer from 30th October, 1918, until demobilisation. Promoted lieutenant, 9th December, 1916. Awarded M.C.* and Mentioned in Despatches. Member of Teachers'' College. * "This officer, under heavy shell and machine-gun fire, succeeded without the aid of a carrying party in getting his 6-inch trench mortar emplaced, and by its fire cleared off some machine guns which were holding up the infantry. In five days'' advance he silenced many machine-gun posts, firing no less than 662 T.M. bombs in the process. He showed untiring energy.''‘‘—London Gazette, 7th January, 1919.

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1887

Filshie H.J. : Life.Birth 1887
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Early education at Dungog Public School, Dungog, NSW, Australia
1915

Assistant Teacher at Darlinghurst -- NSW, Australia 1915
1915

Enlisted 24 Apr 1915
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Military service as Lieutenant at Gallipoli --, Turkey ; France --, France
1920

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1920
1935

Headmaster at Canberra -- ACT, Australia 19 November 1935
1940

Headmaster at Woollahra -- NSW, Australia 1940
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Military award: M.C. Military Cross on
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Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on
1944

Death in Manly -- NSW, Australia 20 August 1944

Gender

Male

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