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Born: 1 January 1895

Died: 27 October 1975

Wounded in action on 25 September 1918 during the attack on Amman (in what is now Jordan) by the Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division.  He was the only member of the 2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron to be wounded on that day.  Although wounded, he remained on duty.  [JSB]

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Names recorded

• Henry Muirhead
• Harry Alexander Muirhead

Service number

• Service number 1255

Rank

• Held rank of Private

Birth record

• Born in Balmain, NSW, Australia

Death record

• 27 October 1975 in Pymble, NSW, Australia

Life events

• Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD, Australia
• Embarked from Brisbane on the HMAT Hymettus

Address

• Taraleela, Upper Avenue Road, Mosman, NSW, Australia

Relationships

• Mother - Muirhead, T
• Wife - Maude Kenyon
• Father - John Muirhead
• Brother - Lawford Dudley Muirhead †

Organisations

• 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment
• 2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron

Main sources

• Trooper H. Muirhead (photograph)
• MUIRHEAD Henry : Service Number - 1255 : Place of Birth - Balmain NSW : Place of Enlistment - Brisbane QLD : Next of Kin - (Mother) MUIRHEAD T (item)
• Discovering Anzacs - Henry Muirhead (webpage)
• First World War Embarkation Roll - Henry Muirhead (webpage)
• ROLL OF HONOUR. CASUALTY LIST NO. 442. 273 QUEENSLANDERS INCLUDED. WOUNDED. (newspaper article)

Commemorations

• Muirhead, H. on the Scots Kirk Presbyterian Church Mosman Roll of Honour