Alexander Walter FOLLETT

Regimental number3805
Place of birthPort Lincoln, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressNorth Shields, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Height5' 8.5"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Follett, North Shields via Port Lincoln, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date27 June 1916
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 21 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 27 September 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date4 January 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Adelaide, 21 September 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 14 November 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France from 8th Training Bn, 17 December 1916; marched into 5th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 18 December 1916.

Admitted to segregation, 4 January 1917; discharged, 5 February 1917.

Marched out to unit, 10 February 1917; taken on strength of 32 Bn, in the field, 11 February 1917.

Admitted to No 15 Australian Field Ambulance, 3 March 1917 (scabies); transferred to 1st Anzac Corps Rest Station, 3 March 1917; discharged to duty, 16 March 1917; rejoined unit, 17 March 1917.

Admitted to No 15 Australian Field Ambulance, 23 March 1917 (scabies); discharged to duty, 5 April 1917; rejoined unit, 7 April 1917.

Admitted to No 15 Australian Field Ambulance, 9 May 1917 (sprain, right ankle); transferred to 5th Australian Divisional Rest Station, 9 May 1917; to No 9 Casualty Clearing Station, 13 May 1917; to No 28 Ambulance Train, 14 May 1917; to No 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, 15 May 1917; to England, 16 May 1917; to No 2 War Hospital, Birmingham, 16 May 1917; to No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 18 June 1917; marched into No 4 Command Depot, Codford, 2 July 1917.

Marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 4 August 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board 'Suevic', 27 September 1917; disembarked Adelaide, 18 November 1917; discharged (medically unfit, dyspnoea chronic pleurisy), 4 January 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death13 January 1923
SourcesNAA: B2455, FOLLETT Alexander Walter