Wyndham History

Henry Edward Ernest Polley (1894-1954)

Item

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Dublin Core

Type

Title

Henry Edward Ernest Polley (1894-1954)

Contributor

Date

1916

Publisher

Wyndham City Libraries

Format

text

Language

eng

World War One Veterans Item Type Metadata

Name

Henry Edward Ernest Polley

Birth Date

Birthplace

Service Number

2738

Enlistment Date

Next of Kin

Jack Polley,
Warburton, Victoria
Father

Occupation

Marital Status

Single

Death Date

Biographical Text

No.2738  Henry Edward Ernest Polley
War Service
Following basic training in Geelong for the 19th Depot Battalion, Henry was sent to Egypt for further training and deployment. Whilst there he suffered the first of several bouts of tonsillitis and influenza and was admitted to hospital in Abbassieh.

Once he had recovered, Henry was sent to France, arriving in Marseilles in August 1916. In March 1918, Harry sustained a serious gunshot wound to the face.  After initial treatment in Boulogne, he was evacuated to England – first to The Middlesex War Hospital in St Albans then to No.3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital in Dartford. Upon discharge from hospital, he was sent to Number 3 Command Depot in Hurdcott, to convalesce and further recover from his injuries.

Once recovered, Harry rejoined his unit in France and remained there until the end of April 1919 when he was transferred to england to await return to Australia.

On 5 July 1919, Harry left England aboard the troop ship, Port Melbourne, arriving in Melbourne on 20 August 1919.

On 1 November 1919, Harry was discharged from the AIF, in Melbourne, having been declared medically unfit due to "slight symptomatic dyspnoea".

Post War
In 1924, Henry married Helen ‘Nellie’ Lavinia Hansen and subesquently had three daughters.  Nellie died in 1947. Henry died in 1954.

He was listed in the following Electoral rolls:
1919 Electoral roll – c/- C.H. Campbell, Werribee – farm hand
1922 Electoral roll – 12 little Docker St, Richmond – labourer
1924 Electoral roll – 12 little Docker St, Richmond – labourer
1931 Electoral roll – Clyde St, Maribyrnong – gardener
1936 Electoral roll – Clyde St, Maribyrnong – gardener
1937 Electoral roll – Clyde St, Maribyrnong – gardener
1942 Electoral roll – Clyde St, Maribyrnong – gardener
1954 Electoral roll – Clyde St, Maribyrnong – gardener

Medals and Entitlements:
  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal

Bibliography

Ancestry.com.au

National Archives of Australia

Trove
trove.nla.gov.au

Medals and Entitlements

British War Medal
Victory Medal

Citation

“Henry Edward Ernest Polley (1894-1954),” Wyndham History, accessed October 1, 2023, http://www.wyndhamhistory.net.au/items/show/2451.

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