Date of birth | |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | School teacher |
Address | The Loggerheads, Dubbo, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Height | 5' 9.5" |
Weight | 147 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, A Ison, The Loggerheads, Dubbo, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 17th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/34/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 2362 Sapper Daniel Victor ISON, 1st Light Railway Operating Company, returned to Australia, 2 August 1919; 1565 Corporal John Bathurst ISON, 3rd Bn, killed in action, 10 November 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Ulysses', 10 September 1917; disembarked, 16 November 1917; appointment terminated (discharged: medically unfit: valvular disease of the heart), 12 February 1918. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 62 |
Place of burial | Dubbo (Old) Cemetery, New South Wales |
Sources | NAA: B2455, ISON Alfred Harold |