1884, Private Harold Stanley Bates

27th Battalion AIF

32nd Battalion AIF

Harold Stanley Bates, born Mount Gambier, South Australia, 1890. Enlisted at Keswick, South Australia, 21 May 1915. 27th Infantry Battalion, Served Gallipoli. Transferred to 32nd Infantry Battalion 13 March 1916. Served France. Wounded in action 19 July 1917. Killed in action 16 March 1918.

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National Archives – Service Record

Further Reading – 27th Battalion

Further Reading –Second to None – A Memorial History of the 32nd Battalion A.I.F.

Australian War Graves

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