Regimental number | 662 |
Place of birth | Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Glanville Street, Glanville, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Height | 5' 11.25" |
Weight | 160 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs E S Hamon, Glanville Street, Glanville, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
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Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Keswick, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 32nd Battalion, Signallers |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/49/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on |
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked. Those who enlisted in Western Australia embarked at Fremantle (date not recorded). | |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 32nd Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Listed on Clarkson Ltd Roll of Honor (design commissioned but never made): watercolour painting now held in the State Archives of South Australia. The Roll takes the form of a stained glass window headed 'The Great War 1914-1919', with a dedication: 'In Memory of Employees of CLARKSON Ltd who fell in the Great War and in honour of those who left Australia to serve with the Australian Imperial Forces.' The Roll of names is surrounded by scrolls listing major battles, most of which are misspelled: Courtenay's Post, Passchendael, Bullencourt, Poziers, Villers Brettonneux. |
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Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarked Adelaide, 18 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 18 December 1915. Found guilty, 12 February 1916, of being absent from parade: awarded 6 days' confined to camp. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 23 June 1916. Appointed Lance Corporal, 27 July 1916. On Command, Signal School, Cassell, 2 September 1916; rejoined Bn, in the field, 1 October 1916. On leave, 29 December 1916; rejoined Bn from leave, 18 January 1917. Admitted to 8th Australian Field Ambulance, 19 August 1917 (debility); transferred to No 7 Canadian Stationary Hospital, 21 August 1917 (torticollis); to No 7 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 25 August 1917; to 3rd Canadian General Hospital, 29 August 1917 (torticollis); to 25th General Hospital, Hardelot, 4 September 1917; to No 7 Convalescent Depot, 18 October 1917; to 3rd Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, 19 October 1917 (adenitis); to England, 23 October 1917, and admitted to 2nd Old Park Military Hospital, Canterbury; transferred to Military Hospital, Chatham, 10 November 1917 ; discharged on furlough, 30 November 1917, to report to No 1 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, 15 December 1917. Reclassified B 1A2, 19 December 1917. Admitted to Military Hospital, Sutton Veny, 24 December 1917 (influenza); discharged to No 1 Command Depot, 1 January 1918, and classified B 1A3. Marched in to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 21 February 1918. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Gaika', 12 May 1918 (for discharge: torticollis); discharged (medically unfit), Adelaide, 22 July 1918. War service: 3 years 60 days (of which 2 years 230 days were abroad) Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
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Sources | NAA: B2455, HAMON Jack |