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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Harold was born in Cargo in 1897, the third of ten children. He attended Patrician Brothers school in Orange, where he was a member of the School Cadets. Following his education Harold completed a three and a half year apprenticeship with Orange carpenter [[James Douglas]] of [[Summer Street]]. He also served in the Commonwealth Trainees units; a Lance Corporal in the 42nd Infantry A Company.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Harold was born in Cargo in 1897, the third of ten children. He attended Patrician Brothers school in Orange, where he was a member of the School Cadets. Following his education Harold completed a three and a half year apprenticeship with Orange carpenter [[James Douglas]] of [[Summer Street]]. He also served in the Commonwealth Trainees units; a Lance Corporal in the 42nd Infantry A Company.</div></td></tr>
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'''GAVIN, Harold Percival'''<br />
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'''Place of birth:''' Cargo, 1897<br />
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'''Address:''' 26 March Street, Orange<br />
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'''Occupation:''' Carpenter and joiner<br />
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'''Next of kin:''' Alfred Percival Gavin (father), 26 March Street, Orange<br />
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'''Date of enlistment:''' 14 March 1916<br />
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'''Place of enlistment:''' Dubbo<br />
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'''Age at enlistment:''' 19<br />
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'''Fate:''' Embarked HMAT A18 ''Wiltshire'', Sydney, 22 August 1916.<br />
Disembarked Plymouth 13 October 1916.<br />
Taken on strength, No 3 Command Depot, 13 October 1916.<br />
Marched in to 5th Training Battalion, Rollestone, 4 November 1916.<br />
Embarked ''Princess Clementine'', Folkestone 16 January 1917.<br />
Marched in to 2nd Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 17 January 1917.<br />
Taken on strength 17th Battalion, 19 February 1917.<br />
Admitted to 15th Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium, with scabies, 1 January 1918.<br />
Rejoined battalion, France, 4 February 1918.<br />
Admitted to 20th Casualty Clearing Station with a gunshot wound to the left arm 7 April 1918.<br />
Transferred to 12th General Hospital, Rouen, 8 April 1918.<br />
Rejoined battalion 26 April 1918.<br />
Admitted to 61st Casualty Clearing Station with a gunshot wound to the back 8 August 1918.<br />
Transferred to 4th General Hospital, Rouen, 12 April 1918<br />
Rejoined battalion 22 September 1918.<br />
Killed in action, Wiancourt, France, 3 October 1918.<br />
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'''Date of death:''' 3 October 1918<br />
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'''Buried:''' Bellicourt British Cemetery, France, Plot 5, Row N, Grave 3<br />
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When 19 year old Harold Percival Gavin embarked for overseas service in August 1916 his mother Ellen bestowed upon him her engagement ring, presumably as a token of good luck and talisman for his safe return.<br />
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Harold was wounded on three occasions during his service on the Western Front. He survived the first two injuries – gunshot wounds to his left arm, followed by one to his back – but his third injury proved fatal. At 7am on 3 October Harold was killed when a shell exploded nearby, hitting him on the left side of his head.<br />
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In May 1919 Harold’s family received a package containing his personal possessions: his wallet, a notebook and calendar and some photographs, letters and cards. Ellen’s engagement ring was not included, either was Harold’s watch.<br />
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Harold’s father, Alfred, wrote a stinging letter to the Army Base Records Office:<br />
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::''…he possessed a ring and a watch which were not of very large value, but the ring was his mother’s engagement ring,''<br />
::''taken from her finger and given him when parting, so you can imagine her bitter disappointment at not receiving''<br />
::''this tiny memento. I presume you have not received any record of the articles, but the act proves what a pack of ghouls''<br />
::''accompanied the men who gave their lives for the honour of their country.''<br />
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The Officer in Charge of the Army Base Records Office replied:<br />
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::''In the event of the articles you mention coming to hand later, they will be promptly transmitted to you.''<br />
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Alfred and Ellen Gavin received no further news as to the fate of Ellen’s engagement ring.<br />
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Harold was born in Cargo in 1897, the third of ten children. He attended Patrician Brothers school in Orange, where he was a member of the School Cadets. Following his education Harold completed a three and a half year apprenticeship with Orange carpenter [[James Douglas]] of [[Summer Street]]. He also served in the Commonwealth Trainees units; a Lance Corporal in the 42nd Infantry A Company.<br />
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Harold, aka Boyd, served with the 17th Battalion during the First World War. At 6am on 3 October 1918 the 17th launched an attack on the village of Wiancourt in France. One hour later, at about 7am, Harold was mortally wounded by a shell wound to his head.<br />
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Harold Percival Gavin is commemorated on the [[Patrician Brothers]]’ Roll of Honour, the [[St Joseph’s Church Orange]] Honour Roll, on the World War I Roll of Honour on the southern face of the [[Orange Cenotaph]], and on panel number 82 on the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.<br />
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In 1923 the [[Anzac Memorial Avenue]] of trees was planted along [[Bathurst Road]] to commemorate fallen WWI soldiers. A tree was planted in honour of “Pte HP Gavin”; it was donated by Dr Wally F Matthews. Very few of the trees are still standing today.<br />
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