BIRD, Harry
NAME | Harry Bird |
BORN | 9 March 1884 London, England |
DIED | ? |
MILITARY SERIAL NO. | 2924 |
UNIT | 36th Battalion |
ENLISTED | Rutherford 10 November 1916 |
DISCHARGED | Sydney 20 May 1918 – Medically unfit after being gassed |
Harry Bird made an enquiry about attending Grantham Stud Poultry Farm for training in poultry farming on 26 May 1919 with approval eventually being given on 8 August 1919 for him to attend.[1] On 1 November 1919, he enquired about obtaining a block at Chipping Norton or Hillview asking, ‘are these open to the ballot or the preferential right system (as it) applies’?[2] He was allocated a block at Hillview taking possession on 10 May 1920.[3] The block of six acres was in the County of Cumberland, Parish of St Luke, Parramatta Land District.
Footnotes
[1] SRNSW: Lands Department; NRS 8058, Returned Soldiers loan files; [12/7052 Loan number unknown], Harry Bird to Mr. G. R. Bryant, Director of SS 26 May 1919; Approval to join Grantham 8 August 1919.
[2] Ibid, Harry Bird to Mr. G.R. Bryant, 26 August 1920.
[3] Ibid, RSS Branch Office Memorandum 17 August 1922.
Sources used to compile this entry:
State Records NSW: Lands Department; NRS 8058, Returned Soldiers loan files; [12/7052 Loan number unknown], Harry Bird.
National Archives of Australia: B2455, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers (Harry Bird) online: http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3084488