Granville, Granville Rechabites
NSW

Harry Newhouse

Enlistment Date
07/01/1915
Age At Enlistment
19
Rank On Enlistment
Private
Regimental No.
1453
Battalion
4th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
Fate
Returned
Fate Date
09/02/1916
Occupation
Engine Cleaner
Place of Birth
Pyrmont, NSW
Marital Status
Single
Embarkation Details
Embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 11 February 1915

Born on 3 September 1895 in Sydney, New South Wales, Harry Newhouse was a keeper, before and after the war. Fair to say he was also a stayer, living to 101. Monument Australia remembers him:

Private Harry Newhouse, 4th Battalion, landed at ANZAC Cove on April 26, 1915 the day after his brother. A week later he learned that George had been killed. He was dug in on Shrapnel Valley when a Turkish bullet hit his food tin, ricocheting into his forehead. After contracting pneumonia he was evacuated to a military hospital in Alexandria. He was on his way back to Gallipoli in October when he was struck down with malaria

– he was discharged as medically unfit and returned to Australia on 9 February 1916. After the war he returned to keep for the Magpies, appearing in team lists at least until 1928, before taking up refereeing in the 1930s.

He lived a long life and died on November 24 1996, more than 80 years after his elder brother.