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Harold Ernest Retchford 1895 - 1916

Harold Ernest Retchford of Sy Australia was born in 1895 in Hawksburn, Victoria to Eva (Jenkinson) Retchford and Ernest Retchford. He had siblings Leonard Charles Retchford, Gladys Victoria (Retchford) Mann, and Ernest Noel Retchford. Harold Retchford died at age 20 years old on August 5, 1916 in Pozieres France, and was buried at - Australian National Memorial, in Villers-Bretonneux.

Harold Ernest Retchford
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1895
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    The Argus, Melbourne. 3rd August 1918. IN MEMORIAM. RETCHFORD. - In loving memory of our dear son, Harold Ernest ( Lieutenant 8th Brigade), killed in action at Pozieres, France, August 4,1916. Southland and Gallipoli. E. and E. R.
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    Service number: 1501 Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment: 21st Battalion, 1st Reinforcements, A.I.F. Enlisted: 8th May 1915 - Melbourne Embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 28th June 1915. Killed in Action August 5 1916. Age 20.
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In 1895, in the year that Harold Ernest Retchford was born, on March 15th, in County Tipperary, Ireland, Michael Cleary killed his wife of 8 years, Bridget, and burned her body. His defense was that his "wife" was a changeling that was left in his real wife's place when she was abducted by fairies. He was nonetheless convicted and imprisoned for manslaughter. He spent 15 years in prison.
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In 1900, at the age of just 5 years old, Harold was alive when Carrie Chapman Catt succeeded Susan B. Anthony as the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. NAWSA was created by Anthony in 1890 in order to fight for the right of women to vote in the United States. Membership in NAWSA began at 7,000 and in the decades of the struggle - women didn't get the right to vote until 1920 - membership rose to 2 million.
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Nichols, Elizabeth (Sep 17, 1863 - May 12, 1935) Retchford, Arthur (1865 - Feb 25, 1866) Retchford, Annie (1866 - Mar 12, 1950) Miers, Beatrice (1870 - Apr 7, 1950) Ham, Edith (1872 - Nov 7, 1953) Fricke, Lilian (1875 - Jan 31, 1956) Retchford, Harold (Born 1877) Retchford, Herbert (1879 - 1879) Retchford, Percival (Born 1880) Retchford, Leonard (Sep 3, 1898 - Jul 3, 1964)
Mann, Gladys (1903 - Apr 1956) Retchford, Ernest (Apr 27, 1910 - Oct 15, 1988) Retchford, Arthur (Died 1866) Retchford, James (1827 - 1869) Retchford, Herbert (Died 1879) Retchford, Thomas Retchford, Ann (1840 - Dec 12, 1911) Retchford, Thomas (1833 - Oct 22, 1914) Retchford, Samuel Retchford, Sarah
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