A decorated soldier

Harry Thorpe was an Aboriginal soldier honoured for his courage and leadership skills during World War I. Research his military records to complete a short biography of Harry Thorpe.

Match the following words to the (______)'s in the passage of text below.

Word list:

Victoria
Lillian
Julia
two
Melbourne
British
Egypt
Private
7th
Belgium
first
courage
Military
‘bravery
2nd
corporal
fatally
9th
France
three

Passage:

Harry Thorpe was born at Orbost in (______) in 1887 to parents William and (______). When World War I He married (______) and had one son. Harry enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in February 1916 and within (______) months had sailed from (______) bound for war. He received just a fortnight’s training with the (______) Expeditionary Force in (______). (______) Thorpe was then sent to fight on the Western Front joining the (______) Battalion. He would see action in both (______) and (______). Thorpe was shot in the leg in August 1916, the (______) of (______) times he was wounded during the war. He became known as a soldier who led his men with (______) and by example. He was awarded the (______) Medal for (______) in the field’ in October 1917 and received his (______) promotion, this time to (______). Harry Thorpe was (______) shot on the (______) of August 1918. He is buried in Heath Cemetery in France. He had died just three months before the end of World War I.

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