Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Kadina, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Minister |
Address | Mile End, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 30 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs A M Heath, Paskeville, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Chaplain (4th Class) |
Unit name | Chaplains' Corps |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A45 Bulla on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Chaplain (Class 4) |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 7th Infantry Brigade Headquarters |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: embarked Adelaide, 16 January 1917; disembarked Suez, 16 February 1917. Embarked Alexandria for United Kingdom via Marseilles, France, 4 March 1917. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Themistocles', 5 November 1917 (duty on board). Re-embarked Sydney on board HMAT A18 'Wiltshire', 2 February 1918; disembarked Southampton, England, 20 April 1918. Attached for duty to 12th Training Bn, Codford, 27 April 1918. Married Irene Whellas BAIN, medical student, spinster, aged 22, United Free Church of Scotland, Aberdeen, 12 September 1919. Admitted to Military Hospital, Fovant, 22 October 1918 (influenza); discharged to duty, 1 November 1918. Proceeded overseas to France; joined 7th Bn, in the field, 4 December 1918. Marched out to England, 18 May 1919. Granted leave with pay, 20 June-31 August 1919 (Non-Military Employment: to attend lectures, Mansfield College, Oxford). Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Friedrichsruh', 22 January 1920; disembarked Melbourne, 9 March 1920, for onward travel to Adelaide; discharged, Adelaide, 10 April 1920. Medal: British War Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Embarked without pay and allowances. |