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De Valle, Harold Montague Leon (5372)

Place of Birth: Maryborough, VIC

Age: 33 years 7 months

Enlistment Details: Friday, 18 February 1916 – Melbourne, VIC

Service Number: 5372            view online service record

Address:
170 Albert Street
Port Melbourne, VIC

Next of Kin:
Minnie De Valle (wife)
170 Albert Street
Port Melbourne, VIC

Embarkation Details:
Date: Tuesday, 4 April 1916
Ship: HMAT Euripides A14
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion – 17th Reinforcements

Fate:
RTA: Wednesday, 9 July 1919
Discharged: Sunday, 30 November 1919

4 Comments

  • Brian Membrey
    Posted August 4, 2016 6.35 pm 0Likes

    Served Boer War (1898-1902) as Harold, 1027, Private, 5 Victorian Mounted Rifles, shown as born 1878 a mail carrier c/- PO Mitcham, commemorated Box Hill Boer War Memorial

  • Don de Valle
    Posted May 7, 2022 9.14 pm 0Likes

    He was my grandfather and Yes he served in 2 war. His brother Herbert also served in the Boer War.

    • David Thompson
      Posted May 8, 2022 5.35 am 0Likes

      Thank you for confirming that your grandfather served during the Boer War and WWI and adding to the de Valle family story.

    • Oliver Fawcett
      Posted September 7, 2022 12.45 pm 0Likes

      Thanks for confirming this
      I had recently found a Oz-Boer Database and it mentioned another De Valle so I was wondering did he have any brothers, so I asked Colin Fawcett but he wasn’t too sure himself

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