His story
Harry John Applin was living at Sunbury in 1911.
He served as an Army Veterinary Corps private, recorded with No. 27 Mobile Veterinary Section.
He died on 29 January 1917, aged 30. His recorded burial place is Albert Communal Cemetery.
Before the war
- Occupation
- Beaterman
- Residence recorded
- Sunbury
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Private
- Service number
- SE/3034
- Corps or service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- Unit
- No. 27 Mobile Veterinary Section
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 29 January 1917
- Age
- 30
- Cemetery or memorial
- Albert Communal Cemetery
- Grave reference
- I. R. 36.
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Find a Grave — Sunbury memorial collection
- Find a Grave — individual memorial
- Research record number: 165
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Harry John Applin”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/applin-harry-john-se-3034/.
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