Henry James Day

Submitted by Mt Kembla Minin... on Sat, 10/09/2016 - 10:33

First Name:

Henry

Middle Name:

James

Last Name:

Day

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

20th Battalion

Company:

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

1914/1915 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Details:

Henry Day (Service No 405) was born in Fulham, England.

He was single, 30 years old, worked as a labourer and lived in Port Kembla, NSW when he enlisted. He nominated his sister Kate who lived in London as his next of kin.

Henry embarked on HMAT A35 Berrima with A Company, 20th Battalion on 25th June 1915. After arriving in Egypt he was sent to Gallipoli and remained there until the evacuation.

While in Egypt, Henry was admitted to hospital sick but he stowed away to get to France. He arrived in France on 26th March 1916 and was back with his unit on 13th April 1916. Henry had numerous hospital admissions for sickness as well as incidents of discipline that took him out of the fighting.

On 6th October 1918 he was wounded in action and evacuated to hospital for treatment of gun shot wounds to his left leg hand and arm.

Henry was returned to Australia in January 1919 and was admitted to hospital for further treatment of his wounds. He was finally discharged medically unfit on 6th October 1919.