Harold William Furlong (SN 2143) born in Ballarat, was a 20 year old battery feeder when he enlisted on July 14th 1915. Assigned to the 24 Battalion his unit embarked from Melbourne aboard the Hororata on September 27th 1915. He served in France until sickness necessitated his return to England. On October 12th 1917 he faced a District Court Martial charged with being absent without leave for 41 days for which he was sentenced to 140 days detention. 56 days of his sentence were remitted, and in January 1918 he was able to rejoin his battalion in France. In March he was forced back to hospital in England for two months, suffering from 'inflammation of the inguinal glands'. He returned to France in May but on August 27th 1918 he was wounded in action and evacuated to hospital in England. He had suffered a severe gunshot wound to his right thigh which effectively ended the war for him. He returned to Australia on the Takada and disembarked back in Melbourne on February 11th 1919 and was discharged on April 5th.