Military History

Embarked Fremantle per HMAT ‘Themistocles’ A32 for Egypt 13.10.1915.
Roll Rank Private.
Roll Unit 3rd Light Horse Brigade, 10th Light Horse Regiment, 10th Reinf.
Overton disembarked in Egypt with the 10th Light Horse. He marched in to Serapeum ex Heliopolis 26.2.1916. He was admitted to hospital with a septic foot 11.8.1916. He was transferred to the 26th Casualty Clearing Station and then to the Australian General Hospital at Abbassia 12.8.1916. Overton was admitted to Hospital with an ingrown toe nail at Et Maber 20.11.1916. He was again admitted to hospital sick 22.4.1917. Overton was admitted to hospital in Cairo with a debility (shellshock) 10.5.1917. He was transported to the Convalescent Depot at Abbassia with a nervous debility 21.5.1917. Overton was taken on strength with his Unit 28.6.1917. He was admitted to Hospital with a debility 7.7.1917. He was transferred to the Light Horse Div. Training Depot at Moascar 28.8.1917 and marched out with Aust and NZ Mounted Training Div. 34 Coy. 31.8.1917. Overton was listed as a Driver under AIF orders at Khan Yunis 31.8.1917. He was admonished for a crime of ill treating a horse 30.7.1918. Overton was hospitalised with pyrexia (a fever of unknown origin) 19.8.1918. He marched out to Moascar for return to Australia 16.5.1919.
Embarked Kantara per HT ‘Essex’ for Australia 15.6.1919.
Returned/Disembarked 16.7.1919.
Discharged 7.9.1919.
Final Rank Private, Army Supply Column.
Medical Condition NK (shellshock, debility and slight myocardial weakness)
Awards and Medals 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Photos Tpr. Overton. Photographer R.G.Hummerston, photograph source AWM P0556.003
           HMAT 'Themistocles' at Fremantle. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM 304038
              Australian General Hospital Abassia, Cairo 1916. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM C03543
              HMS 'Essex'. Photographer unknown, photograph source Imperial War Museum Q 21227 (collection 2107- 01) public domain
              10 LH in Egypt with horse trained to lie down. Tpr. Overton 2nd from left. Photographer R.G.Hummerston, photograph source AWM P0556.003

Information Source
AWM Tpr. H. K. Overton. Photographer R.G.Hummerston, photograph source AWM P0556.003
AWM 304038. HMAT 'Themistocles' at Fremantle. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM C03543. Australian General Hospital Abassia, Cairo 1916. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWMP0556.003. 10 LH in Egypt with horse trained to lie down. Tpr. Overton 2nd from left. Photographer R.G.Hummerston, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM Embarkation Roll- Harold Kingsley Overton
Guildford Grammar School Honour Roll
Imperial War Museum. Q 21227. HMS 'Essex'. Photographer unknown, photograph source Imperial War Museum - collection 2107- 01. In the public domain
NAA: B2455 Overton Harold Kingsley


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