Henry Marshall Timbs

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First Name:

Henry

Middle Name:

Marshall

Last Name:

Timbs

Date of Birth:

Saturday, July 20, 1895

Mother's Name:

Emily Timbs (nee Rendell)

Father's Name:

Frederick Timbs

Date Enlisted:

Saturday, December 4, 1915

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

1st Battalion

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Friday, October 19, 1962

Place of Death:

Dapto, N.S.W.

Details:

Henry Timbs (Service No 5240) was born in Berry, N.S.W. Henry enlisted when the Waratah March passed through the Illawarra district; he was 20 years old, single and worked as a farmer at Albion Park, N.S.W.

Henry embarked from Sydney on board SS Makarini on 1st April 1916, with 16th Reinforcements, 1st Battalion.

After a short stop in Egypt, the Battalion arrived in France on 20th May 1916. During the Battle of the Somme, at Poziere, Henry was wounded, receiving a serious gun shot wound to his right arm, on 22nd July 1916. He was evacuated to hospital in England and then repatriated to Australia, arriving in May 1917. He was discharged, medically unfit, on 23rd August 1917.

Henry married Adelaide Anderson at Kiama, N.S.W in 1917 and they had 5 children.

Henry died at Dapto in 1962.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, TIMBS HENRY MARSHALL