Soldier profiles
Name : GARRARD, HENRY ALFRED
Service Number : NX87575
Date of Birth : 02/09/1911
Place of Birth : SYDNEY, NSW
Known as : PALOOKA
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 05/02/1942
Locality on Enlistment : BALLINA, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : GARRARD, RITA
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/10 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : NEW GUINEA, BORNEO
Actions : MARKHAM VALLEY (NEW GUINEA), RAMU VALLEY (NEW GUINEA), TARAKAN (BORNEO), BALIKPAPAN (BORNEO)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 17/01/1946
Date Died : 18/04/1949
Age at Death : 37
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 4644506 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Past article (size 90kB), Past article (size 101kB), Past article (size 418kB), Past article (size 553kB), Northern Star (Lismore NSW) 30/06/1949 p4
Background : Drowned at Ballina, New South Wales. Former 2/2 Pioneer Battalion members made a combined effort towards assisting the widow and 1 child. Husband of Rita Margaret Garrard.
Service & personal summary At enlistment : married with 1 child. No previous military experience. Northern Star (Lismore NSW) 30/06/1949 p4 : Battalion Mates Contribute to Garrard Appeal. In connection with the Harry Garrard appeal fund a few former 2/2 Pioneer Battalion members made a combined effort towards assisting the widow. Mr. Garrard was drowned at Ballina recently. He was known as "Palooka" to in the battalion. He saw action with the 2/2 Pioneers in New Guinea in the Markham and Ramu Valley campaign, also in the landings and subsequent operations at Tarakan and Balikpapan.
