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Logue,

Henry (Harry) Havelock

Private. 11th Battalion. 3rd Infantry Brigade. SN 6790. KIA near Albert, France 20.7.1918. Age 26 years

Date Enlisted 15/03/1916
Service Number SN 6790
Age of Enlistment 24 years 2 months
Place of Enlistment Blackboy Hill, WA
Place of Birth Middle Swan, WA
Previous Military Experience Nil
Occupation Carpenter
Marital Status Single
Religion Church of England
School Attended Guildford Grammar School
Address History Father - George Washington Logue, Midland Junction, WA
Cause of Death or Invalided
KIA (Killed in Action)

Military History


Embarked Fremantle per HMAT ‘Argyllshire’ A 8 for UK 9.11.1916.
Roll Rank Private.
Roll Unit 2nd Reinforcements, 11th Battalion, 3rd Infantry Brigade. Australian Imperial Force (AIF).
Logue was admitted to hospital at sea with a debility.
He disembarked at Devonport and Marched in to 3rd Training Battalion 10.1.1917. Logue then transferred to ‘C' Co. Logue was admitted to hospital at Parkhouse with a debility 1.2.1917. He committed frequent offences and acts of disobedience of orders. He was Court Marshalled. Logue became sick with Influenza and was admitted to hospital 9.5.1917. Logue was admitted to Wandsworth Detention Barracks 6.7.1917, then transferred to the AIF Detention Barracks at Lewes from 2nd Training Battalion. He proceeded overseas to France 17.4.1918 and marched in to Base Details at Etaples 19.4.1918. He joined the 11th Bn. from 22nd Reinf.19.4.1918 and was taken on strength with his unit 3.5.1918. In July the 11th Bn. moved to the front lines on the Somme near Pozieres. On 19.7.1918 they arrived at Albert amidst a gas attack and were subjected to heavy artillery bombardment as they prepared trenches (Wikipedia 11th Bn). Logue was KIA near Albert 19.8.1918. No records were found to give further details of his demise, however, he was buried that same day at nearby Borre Cemetery, France, sited 1 ½ miles East of Hazebrouck, by the Chaplain, Rev. Beveridge (reported West Australian Newspaper 22.8.1918) Details of his grave were  later reported as Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery Plot 1, Row E, Grave 4. After Armistice, the graves were located in the Commonwealth enclosures and given plot numbers. This cemetery is known as Borre British Cemetery. Hazebrouck, Nord pas de Calais, France.
Final Rank Private, 11th Battalion 3rd Infantry Brigade.
Medical Condition Deceased, KIA.
Awards and Medals British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Photos HMAT 'Argyllshire' 1914-15. Postcard by Geyer Studio NSW, Photograph source AWM P10581.002
             Parkhouse, AIF Training Camp, 1919. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM D00280
             Pozieres under German bombardment. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM G01534E
             Albert, Somme. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM E00166
             Borre British Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Pad de Nord, France. Photographer unknown, photgraph source CWGC

Information Source
AWM P10581.002. HMAT 'Argyllshire' 1914-15. Postcard by Geyer Studio NSW, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Austalian War Memorial
AWM D00280. Parkhouse, AIF Training Camp, 1919. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM G01534E. Pozieres under German bombardment. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM  E00166. Albert, Somme. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM Embarkation Roll) Roll of Honour
CWGC. Borre Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Pas de Nord, France. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/6802/BORRE CEMETERY
Guildford Grammar School Honour Roll
Guildford Grammar School War Memorial
NAA: B2455, Logue Harry Havelock
West Australian Newspaper
Wikipedia 11th Bn. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Battalion_%28Australia%29

Midland Junction. WA.

Associated Images

 HMAT 'Argyllshire' 1914-15. Postcard by Geyer Studio NSW, Photograph source AWM P10581.002
HMAT 'Argyllshire' 1914-15. Postcard by Geyer Studio NSW, Photograph source AWM P10581.002
Parkhouse, AIF Training Camp, 1919. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM D00280
Parkhouse, AIF Training Camp, 1919. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM D00280
Pozieres under German bombardment. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM G01534E
Pozieres under German bombardment. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM G01534E
 Albert, Somme. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM E00166
Albert, Somme. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM E00166
Borre British Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Pas de Nord, France. Photographer unknown, photograph source CWGC
Borre british cemetery, Hazebrouck, Pas de Nord, France. Photographer unknown, photograph source CWGC er