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John CARDWELL. Marshall Vivian Henry JURY. Henry James PARTRIDGE.

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CARDWELL John. Private, 11338, 6th, Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. He was wounded in Mesopotamia and died in Malta 25th August 1915, aged 26 years. He was the son of Mrs. Betty Miller, of 4 Back, Eccleston Road, Blackpool

JURY Marshall Vivian Henry. Trooper, 169, 2nd Australian Light Horse. Died of his wounds, 25th August 1915, aged 29 years. The son of Francis and E.J. Jury, of Yeronga, Queensland, Australia.

PARTRIDGE Henry James. Private, 1993, 14th Australian Infantry. Died of his wounds, 25th August 1915, aged 30 years. The son of James and Sarah Ann Partridge. The husband of Kathleen Partridge, of 10 Salisbury Terrace, Taunton. Some notes from his army record held by the National Archives of Australia. He joined up on the 19th January 1915 at Victoria, Australia aged 29 years and 5 months. He was born in Bristol, Gloucestershire on the 17th March 1895 and was by occupation an engine driver. His wife Kathleen was his next of kin and she lived at the time of his enlistment at 2, Maxwell Street,Rowbarton, Taunton, Somerset. They had a son called Arthur Henry of the same address. . He was part of a draft that embarked from Melbourne on the 17th April 1915 on ship, (His Majesty's Australian Transports) HMAT. No A20, Hororata bound for the Mediterranean . On the 26th July 1915 he was injured by shrapnel in his left thigh from a shell that exploded near to him at the Dardanelles. He was treated in the field, locations not recorded and he was later transferred to Malta on Royal Navy Hospital Ship Somali on the 31st July 1915. He was admitted into Military Hospital, Tigne, Malta where on the 25th August he died. He was laid to rest in Pieta Military Cemetery the same day, officiated by Chaplin H J Wheeler.

All at rest in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Plot A Row XI Grave 3
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