8th Battalion
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Harold Edwin Halse (SN 2605) was born and educated in Ballarat When he enlistted on May 10th 1915 he was 24, single, and working as a carpenter at Broken Hill. After joining the 8th Infantry Battalion he left Australia on September 15th 1915 embarking from Melbourne, on board the Makarini.
On August 18th 1916 he was killed in action at Pozieres. He has no known grave, and his name is recorded on the Australian Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, France.
