Regimental number | 1602 |
Place of birth | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Licensed victualler |
Address | Grantham, Queensland |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 33 |
Height | 5' 10.25" |
Weight | 180 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Gretchen Doris Harvison, 9 Dalgety Street, St Kilda, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served as Lieutenant, Senior Cadets, Area 10B. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Brisbane, Queensland |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Air Mechanic |
Unit name | March 1917 Reinforcements |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 8/15/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A74 Marathon on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | Australian Flying Corps |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Sydney, 10 May 1917; disembarked Plymouth, England, 20 July 1917; marched in to Australian Flying corps Details, Farnborough, 28 July 1917. Taken on strength, 69th Squadron, South Carlton, 13 August 1917. Found guilty, Wendover, 28 November 1917, of insolence to a senior NCO: awarded 10 days' confined to camp. Proceeded overseas to France, 29 December 1917; taken on strength, 68th Squadron, in the field, 11 January 1918. Detached to 1st Brigade Headquarters, Royal Flying Corps, 11 February 1918; rejoined 2nd Squadron from detachment, 26 February 1918. Remustered as 2nd Air Mechanic, rate of pay 8/- per day, 17 May 1918. Injured in accident, 11 July 1918 (fractured humerus, left arm: severe), and admitted to Australian Casualty Clearing station; transferred to Ambulance Train No 12, 12 July 1918, and admitted to 13th General Hospital, Boulogne; transferred to England, 19 July 1918, and admitted to King George Hospital, Stamford Street, London (fractured left arm: severe); transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 2 September 1918; discharged to No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 4 September 1918. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Marathon', 18 November 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 1 January 1919; discharged (medically unfit: chronic rheumatism), Melbourne, 24 January 1919. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 74 |
Place of burial | Cairns Cemetery, Queensland |
Sources | NAA: B2455, HARVISON Arthur Archibald Foster |