Military History

Embarked Fremantle per HMAT ‘Suevic’ A 29 for Egypt 31.5.1916.
Roll Rank Private.
Roll Unit 44th Battalion. ‘A’ Coy. 11th Brigade
Lovell was admitted to the ship’s isolation hospital with a debility for 11 days from 9.6.1916. He was readmitted to hospital 28.6.1916 and died of disease 2 weeks later from Pleurisy and Pneumonia. Lovell was buried at sea 13.7.1915. When his death was reported in the West Australian, they reported that the cause of death as unknown (West Australian Newspaper 5.8.1916). This was possibly due to communication limitations. His sister, Mrs. Ruth Waldeck, received his medal. He is commemorated at Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, Hampshire, England.
Final Rank Private, ‘A’ Coy. 44th Battalion. 11th Brigade Australian Imperial Force (AIF).
Medical Condition Deceased. Died of illness at sea.
Awards and Medals British War Medal.
Notes the Hollybrook Memorial is dedicated to those who were lost/ died at sea.
Photo Pte. H.E. Lovell. Photograph source Sunday Times 3.12.1916 p6
            HMAT 'Suevic'. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM A03216
            Holybrook Memorial, Southampton, UK. Photographer unknown, Photograph source CWGC

Information Source
AWM  A03216. HMAT 'Suevic'. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM Embarkation Roll Harry Esh Lovell
AWM Roll of Honour Harry Esh Lovell
CWGC. Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, UK. Photographer unknown, photograph source Commonwealth War Graves Commission
NAA: B2455, Lovell Harry Esh
St Matthew’s Fallen
St Matthew’s Honour Roll
Sunday Times
West Australian Newspaper


Caversham nr. Guildford, WA.

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