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Born: 9 February 1880
Died: 26 November 1965
Permanent member of the Australian Military Forces, serving with the Royal Australian Engineers at Chowder Bay, prior to enlisting in the AIF on 2 January 1918.
He joined the 1st Company Field Engineers as Company Sergeant Major on 4 August 1918 and was wounded in action eight days later, on 12 August, with gun shot wounds to his arm and face. He returned to his unit on 2 September.
He broke a bone in his foot on 2 November 1918 and was evacuated to England for treatment.
He embarked to return to Australia on 7 February 1919 and arrived at Melbourne on 24 March. He was discharged from the AIF on 18 April 1919. [JSB]
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- Main sources
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- MASTERS Harry Bell : Service Number - 21391 : Place of Birth - Sydney NSW : Place of Enlistment - Sydney NSW : Next of Kin - (Wife) MASTERS Lilian Lucy (webpage)
- First World War Embarkation Rolls: Harry Bell Masters (webpage)
- A FAMILY OF SOLDIERS. [includes photograph] (newspaper article)
- Harry Bell Masters (photograph)
- 431st CASUALTY LIST. NEW SOUTH WALES. WOUNDED. (newspaper article)
- 455th CASUALTY LIST. NEW SOUTH WALES. INJURED. (newspaper article)
- Commemorations
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- MASTERS H. B. on the East Face of the Mosman War Memorial