Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Lycett H L Cpl fitter 586 Harry Railway Unit 47 Boilermaker Married C of E
Address: Newmarket, Railway Pl, 126
Next of Kin: Lycett, Mary Hannah, Mrs, wife, 126 Railway Pl, Newmarket
Enlisted: 28 Dec 1916
Embarked: A70 Ballarat 19 Feb 1917
Relatives:
Lycett H Pte 3168 son
Lycett-W-D-Pte-2063 son
Lycett F J Pte 2719 son (KIA)
Lycett-H-Sapper-15540 son
The transport HMAT Ballarat after being torpedoed by a German submarine off the
southern English coast on 25 Apr 1917. In the background a British destroyer is
standing by to take the troops. http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/C01592 AWM Collection.
FATHER AND FOUR SONS ENLIST.
A splendid record has just been achieved by the sailing of Mr. Harry Lycett for the front as a private with the Railway Unit, his four sons have preceded him in the firing line. They are-Lance-Corporal W. D. Lycett, who sailed with the 2nd Contingent, and who took part in the Gallipoli landing; Private Harry Lycett, jun., who has been with the Australians the whole time they have been in France: and Privates Harold and Frederick J. Lycett, who are in training in England.
FATHER AND FOUR SONS ENLIST. (1917, February 22). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 1 Edition: Morning. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74601737
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Mentioned in W D Lycett's diary
http://www.anzacs.net/Diary.htm
16 Jun 1917 Sons Will and Harry went to see him near Popperinghe
28 Jun 1917 Will went to call on Harry senior
9 Jul 1917 Will went to call on Harry senior
19 Jul 1917 Will transferred to Harry senior's Railway unit
20 Jul 1917 Word arrived via Harry junior that son Fred had been killed
10 Aug 1917 Had dinner will sons Will and Harold
22 Aug 1917 Went out with Will after dinner to have coffee
31 Aug 1917 Called with Will to see CO about pay
3 Sep 1917 Went out for coffee with Will and "Uncle Tom" (Tom Leaming?)
4 Sep 1917 Same as above
14 Sep 1917 Went for a walk with Will and Tom to Popperinghe
15 Sep 1917 Repairing trucks with Will. Visited by Will Hill
18 Sep 1917 Working with son Will
24 Sep 1917 Went for a walk with son Will and Tom
25 Sep 1917 Went for a walk with son Will and Tom to Reningholst
10 Oct 1917 Visit from Harry and Harold
Frequent visits from Harry and Harold in the next several entries
21 Oct 1917 Air attack on Railway Unit, Harry senior hides under motor wagon which was hit many times. Upset.
22 Oct 1917 Visit from sons Harry and Harold. Upset and unable to work.
23 Oct 1917 Sleeping over at the farm with Tom
3 Nov 1917 Coffee with Will and Tom
7 Nov 1917 Visit from Will
21 Nov 1917 Arrives back (from leave?) having had a good time
22 Nov 1917 Has a coffee with Will
28 Nov 1917 Has a coffee with Will
1 Dec 1917 Has a coffee with Will
7 Dec 1917 Will says Dad is much better
8 Dec 1917 Has coffee with Will
14 Dec 1917 Has a quiet day in the hut with Will, who is feeling washed out
19 Dec 1917 Will came for a coffee
20 Dec 1917 Went for coffee with Will
22 Dec 1917 Went for coffee with Will
26 Dec 1917 Is due to leave tomorrow, may get back to Australia
27 Dec 1917 Leaves for base, may get home to Australia
7 Jan 1918 Will wrote a note to his father who is at Bristol
24 Jan 1918 Will received a letter from his father, doing well at Bristol
29 Jan 1918 Will received a letter from his father at Dartford, Kent in the No. 3 Austn. Hosp
26 Feb 1918 Will recieved a letter from his father, who is to be returned to Australia for discharge
15 Aug 1918 Will is pleased to hear news of his father reaching home
War Service Commemorated
Flemington Methodist Church
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours
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