Regimental number | 474 |
Place of birth | Balmain, New South Wales |
Occupation | Traveller |
Address | c/o Mrs Thompson, 9 Canonbury Grove, Dulwich Hill, Sydney, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Height | 6' 0" |
Weight | 157 lbs |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Sydney, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 1st Battalion, D Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/18/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A19 Afric on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Hanslow and Isabel KAVANAGH. Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance. |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Father: 6504 Sergeant Hanslow KAVANAGH, 4th Bn, returned to Australia, 4 May 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 5 April 1915. Promoted Lance Corporal, Gallipoli, 20 June 1915. Promoted Temporary Corporal, 7 November 1915. Admitted to No 3 Australian Field Ambulance, 17 November 1915, and reverts to the rank of Lance Corporal on being evacuated (influenza); transferred to Casualty Clearing Station, 17 November 1915; to HS 'Galcha', 19 November 1915; to St George's Hospital, Malta, 24 November 1915 (pneumonia); to HS 'Valdavia', 17 January 1916; to No 2 Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, Egypt, 21 January 1916 (malaria); to No 3 Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 29 February 1916 (enteric); to No 3 Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 29 February 1916; discharged, 16 March 1916, and marched into Overseas Base, Ghezireh, 16 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 29 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 4 April 1916; marched into 1st Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 6 April 1916. On leave to United Kingdom, 7 June 1916; rejoined 1st Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 16 June 1916. Promoted Acting Company Sergeant Major with Extra Duty Pay of Corporal, 14 August 1916; reverts to the rank of Lance Corporal, 6 December 1916. On leave to England, 14 December 1916; rejoined 1st Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 28 December 1916. Admitted to No 26 General Hospital, Etaples, 9 January 1917 (paryngitis); discharged to Base Details, Etaples, 18 January 1917. Admitted to No 26 General Hospital, Etaples, 14 February 1917 (laryngitis); transferred to England, 25 February 1917; marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, no date stated. Marched into H & D Depot, Perham Downs, 12 April 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 27 May 1917; marched into 1st Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 28 May 1917. Proceeded to unit, 13 June 1917; rejoined 1st Bn, 15 June 1917. Detached from 1st Bn, 24 October 1917; marched into 1st Australian Divisional Base Depot, Le Havre, 26 October 1917; proceeded to unit, 29 October 1917; rejoined 1st Bn, 30 October 1917. Detached to Australian Corps School, 21 January 1918; rejoined unit, 9 February 1918. Promoted Corporal, 21 April 1918. Detached from 1st Bn, 21 April 1918; marched into 1st Training Bn, Perham Downs, England, 1 May 1918, and attached for duty with Permanent Cadre. On Command at Gas School, Chiseldon, 13 May 1918; qualified as 2nd Class in course on 'Defensive Measures against Gas', 23 May 1918; rejoined 1st Training Bn, 23 May 1918. Proceeded overseas to France, 1 September 1918; marched into Australian Intermediate Base Depot, Le Havre, 3 September 1918. Proceeded to unit, 6 September 1916; rejoined 1st Bn, 18 September 1918. Proceeded to England for return to Australia, 3 October 1918 (Special 1914 Leave); disembarked Southampton, 13 October 1918. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Durham', 23 October 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 23 December 1918; discharged Sydney (termination of period of enlistment), 22 February 1919. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Death attributed to war service. |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 44 |
Place of burial | Rookwood Crematorium, New South Wales |
Sources | NAA: B2455, KAVANAGH Hanslow |