Regimental number | 3144 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Barman |
Address | 48 Hutt Street, Adelaide, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Height | 5' 5.5" |
Weight | 154 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Mary Jane Hastwell, 5 Hutt Street, Adelaide, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 27th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/44/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 32nd Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brother: 2nd Lt Hugh Norman HASTWELL, 3rd Trench Mortar Battery, killed in action, 30 June 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength (supernumerary), 32nd Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 6 April 1916; absorbed on strength, 32nd Bn, Moascar, 30 May 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916. Wounded in action, 20 July 1916 (gun shot wound, finger); admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 21 July 1916; discharged to duty, 28 July 1916. Admitted to 38th Casualty Clearing Station, 2 November 1916 (synovitis, knees), and transferred to 1st Canadian General Hospital, Etaples; to England, 11 November 1916, and admitted to Edmonton Military Hospital, London, 12 November 1916 (dislocated right knee; accident: mild); transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 11 January 1917. Detached for duty with 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 3 March 1917. On furlough, 12-27 March 1917. Admitted to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 17 July 1917 (synovitis, right knee); discharged to duty, 5 August 1917. Admitted to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 28 December 1917 (synovitis, right knee); discharged to duty, 15 January 1918. Admitted to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 23 April 1918 (laryngitis, brochial catarrh); discharged to duty, 30 April 1918. Admitted to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 1 July 1918 (influenza); discharged to duty, 2 July 1918. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Morvada' transport duty), 4 January 1919 (medically unfit: local internal cartilage); discharged, 17 April 1919. War service: 3 years 252 days (of which 3 years 38 days were abroad) Re-enlisted, as 86479, Special Services Unit, 30 September 1919; discharged, 21 May 1920. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 35 |
Place of burial | North Road Church of England Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia |
Sources | NAA: B2455, HASTWELL Leslie Alfred |