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Roy Sydney LOADER

Regimental number3082
Date of birth4 July 1897
Place of birthNhill, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationEngineer
AddressHay Street, Kadina, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 6.5"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinFather, Timothy Jacob Loader, Hay Street, Kadina, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 4 years in the 81st Infantry, Senior Cadets.
Enlistment date12 May 1917
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll2 December 1915
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name43rd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/60/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 23 June 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll43rd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 1 November 1917
Discharge date16 January 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Enlisted 2 December 1916; embarked, 7 February 1916; disembarked Suez, Egypt, 11 March 1916; commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Itonus', 10 June 1916; discharged (medically unfit: defective vision), Adelaide, 9 August 1916.

Re-enlisted in the AIF, 22 September 1916; discharged (medically unfit: neurasthenia and ocular defects), Adelaide, 9 August 1916.

Re-enlisted, 12 March 1917 as No 3082; embarked 23 June 1917; disembarked Plymouth, England, 25 August 1917; commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Anchises', 1 November 1917 (shell shock and wound, right wrist); discharged (medically unfit), 8 February 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Shell shock and wrist wound were subsequently questioned by the Department of Repatriation, 16 July 1925, given that Loader did not serve in an active theatre of war, but the record remained unchanged.

Also served in World War II: Service No S39445.
Date of death13 January 1955
Age at death57
Place of burialWillaston Cemetery, South Australia

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