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Streeter, Henry (2402)

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Place of Birth: Brunswick, VIC

Age: 21 years 6 months

Enlistment Details: Saturday, 29 April 1916 – Prahran, Vic

Service Number: 2402 view online service record

Address:
Bunyip, VIC

Next of Kin:
Henry Streeter (father)
Bunyip, VIC

Embarkation Details:
Date: Friday, 20 October 1916
Ship: HMAT Port Lincoln A17
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 39th Infantry Battalion, 4th Reinforcements

Fate:
KIA: Sunday, 17 February 1918
Place: France

Henry Streeter studied at the Australian Flying Corps training school in England and was promoted to Lieutenant. On what turned out to be his final mission, his plane was seen so fall to the ground near the Western Front on 17 February 1918.

He was a member of the Mutual Help Lodge of Good Templars in Port Melbourne.

1918 ‘LIEUTENANT H. STREETER.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 16 March, p. 4. , viewed 02 Sep 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88369647

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