Plant, Harold Frederick Hood

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M.B., Ch.M. : Captain, A.A.M.C., A.I.F., Egypt, Gallipoli and France. Enlisting in November, 1914, joined No. 1 Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, was M.O. at Abbassia and later R.M.O. 18th Battn. at Gallipoli until the Evacuation. On return to Egypt was appointed R.M.O. 24th Battn., crossing to France in March, 1916, and serving till death. Mentioned in Despatches. Killed in Action, Pozieres, 7th August, 1916, and buried in Becourt Military Cemetery. President, Brisbane General and Children's Hospitals. Early education at Brisbane Grammar School. Later at St. Andrew's College. . . . As a man who was good and true as steel no other meed of praise can increase his worth. The son of a soldier, he died a soldier's death. AA

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1888

Plant H.F.H. : Life.Birth 1888
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Early education at Brisbane Grammar School, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
1913

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1913
1913

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1913
1914

Enlisted 1 Nov 1914
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Military service as Captain at Egypt --, Egypt ; Gallipoli --, Turkey ; France --, France
1915

Military service at Gallipoli --, Turkey 25 April 1915
1916

Military service at France --, France 1916
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Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on
1916

Death in Pozières -- Somme, France 7 August 1916

Gender

Male

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