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Joseph LAHIFF

Regimental number4807
Place of birthMiller's Point, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationPastrycook
AddressCrescent Avenue, Erskineville, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 2"
Weight127 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs D. Lahiff, Railway Parade, Lakemba, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date13 September 1915
Place of enlistmentWarwick Farm Depot, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 8 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll53rd Battalion
FateDied of disease 23 October 1918
Place of burialBirmingham (Lodge Hill) Cemetery (B10. 546), Warwickshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
157
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Transferred to, and taken on strength of 53rd Bn, Tel el Kebir, 20 April 1916.

Admitted to No 14 Field Ambulance, Ismailia, 28 April 1916, and transferred to Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Ferry Post, the same day (gonorrhoea); to No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital, 16 May 1916; to No 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital, Heliopolis, 17 May 1916; discharged, 12 July 1916; marched into 14th Training Bn, Tel el Kebir, 14 July 1916; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 76 days.

Embarked Alexandria, 29 July 1916; disembarked, Southampton, England, 9 August 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 31 August 1916; marched into 5th Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 11 September 1916.

Proceeded to unit, 28 September 1916; rejoined 53rd Bn, 30 September 1916.

Found guilty, 11 November 1916, of (1) being absent from 1400 hours parade, 11 November 1916; (2) disobedience of orders: awarded 3 days' confined to barracks.

Promoted Lance Corporal, 27 March 1917.

Promoted Temporary Corporal, 17 July 1917.

Promoted Corporal, 1 August 1917.

On leave to England, 14 August 1917; rejoined unit, 27 August 1917.

Wounded in action, 26 September 1917; admitted to No 3 Field Ambulance, 27 September 1917 (shrapnel wound, left leg); transferred to No 10 Casualty Clearing Station, 27 September 1917; to Ambulance Train, 27 September 1917; to No 14 General Hospital, Wimereux, 28 September 1917; to England, 29 September 1917; to No 1 Southern General Hospital, Edgbaston, 29 September 1917; to No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 31 October 1917; discharged, 2 November 1917, and marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, the same day.

Marched into No 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 15 November 1917.

Admitted to Fovant Military Hospital, 16 November 1917 (tonsillitis); discharged, 28 November 1917, and marched into No 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 28 November 1917.

Found guilty, 27 December 1917, of being absent without leave from 2100 hours, 21 December 1917, until 1200 hours, 22 December 1917: award, severely reprimanded, and forfeits 2 days' pay by Royal Warrant.

Marched into Overseas Training Bde, Longbridge Deverill, 17 January 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 30 January 1918; marched into Australian Intermediate Base Depot, Le Havre, 31 January 1918.

Proceeded to unit, 3 February 1918; rejoined 53rd Bn, 18 February 1918.

Admitted to No 14 Australian Field Ambulance, 26 April 1918 (synovitis, left shoulder, and right ankle); transferred to No 20 Casualty Clearing Station, 26 April 1918; to Ambulance Train, 26 April 1918; to No 6 General Hospital, Rouen, 27 April 1918; to No 2 Convalescent Depot, Rouen, 28 April 1918; to No 1 Australian Convalescent Depot, Le Havre, 30 April 1918; discharged, 17 May 1918, and marched into Australian Intermediate Base Depot, Le Havre, the same day.

Proceeded to unit, 30 May 1918; rejoined 53rd Bn, 6 June 1918.

Wounded in action, (2nd occasion), 29 July 1918; admitted to No 15 Australian Field Ambulance, 29 July 1918 (shrapnel wound, buttock); transferred to No 61 Casualty Clearing Station, 29 July 1918; to Ambulance Train, 2 August 1918; to No 1 General Hospital, Etretat, 3 August 1918; to No 1 Australian Convalescent Depot, Le Havre, 13 August 1918; discharged, 27 August 1918, and marched into Australian Intermediate Base Depot, Le Havre, the same day.

Proceeded to unit, 30 August 1918; rejoined 53rd Bn, 3 September 1918.

Wounded in action (3rd occasion), 30 September 1918; admitted to No 8 Australian Field Ambulance, 30 September 1918, and transferred to No 50 Casualty Clearing Station the same day (gunshot wound, back, severe); to No 74 General Hospital, Trouville, 2 October 1918; to England, 7 October 1918; to No 1 Birmingham War Hospital, Rednal, 9 October 1918.

Died, No 1 Birmingham War Hospital, 23 October 1918 (pneumonia).

Buried, Lodge Hill Cemetery, 26 October 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, LAHIFF Joseph

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