Regimental number | 3573 |
Place of birth | Swansea, Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Painter |
Address | Wondai, Queensland |
Marital status | Widower |
Age at embarkation | 36.2 |
Height | 5' 9.5" |
Weight | 160 lbs |
Next of kin | Daughter, Miss Eileen Theresa May Lougher, c/o Mrs Christina Elizabeth Shannon, Racecourse Road, Ascot, Brisbane, Queensland |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Maryborough, Queensland |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 4th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 9 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 14/16/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A33 Ayrshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 49th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Alfred and Ann Christinia LOUGHER |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Sydney, 24 January 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 12 April 1917, and marched into Pioneer Training Bn, Fovant, the same day. Attached to 9th Training Bn, 24 May 1917; rejoined Pioneer Training Bn, 1 June 1917. Transferred to 49th Bn, and marched into 13th Training Bn, Codford, 11 July 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 5 September 1917; marched into 4th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Le Havre, 6 September 1917. Proceeded to join unit, 14 September 1917; taken on strength of 49th Bn, 16 September 1917. Wounded in action, 12 October 1917, and admitted to No 19 Casualty Clearing Station, 12 October 1917 (gunshot wound, head and leg); transferred to Ambulance Train, 12 October 1917; to No 1 Australian General Hospital, Rouen, 13 October 1917; to England, 16 October 1917, to No 3 Southern General Hospital, Oxford, 18 October 1917 (gunshot wound, right hand and right leg); to No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 19 November 1917; discharged and marched into No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 21 November 1917. Classified B1A1, 29 November 1917. Marched out of No 3 Command Depot, 1 December 1917; attached to AIF Administrative Headquarters for duty, 3 December 1917. Promoted Extra Regimental Corporal, 30 October 1918. Admitted to Milbank Hospital, 13 November 1919; discharged, 26 November 1919. Taken on strength of Furlough Section, 25 March 1920, and granted indefinite leave. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Bahia Castillo', 17 April 1920; disembarked Sydney, 21 June 1920, and proceeded to Brisbane by rail; discharged Brisbane (medically unfit: gunshot wound right hand and right leg, hysteria, and haemiplegia), 31 March 1921. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal Death attributed to war service. |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 56 |
Place of burial | Rookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales |
Sources | NAA: B2455, LOUGHER Reuben William |