Regimental number | 3856 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Casino, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Bank clerk |
Address | Fig Tree Road, Hunter's Hill, Sydney, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Height | 5' 8" |
Weight | 127 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Herbert Sinclair Lumsdaine, Fig Tree Road, Hunters Hill, Sydney, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Warwick Farm, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 2nd Battalion, 12th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/19/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A7 Medic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Warrant Officer (Class II) |
Unit from Nominal Roll | Australian Army Pay Corps |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarked Sydney, 20 Decemember 1915. Admitted to No 1 Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 29 February 1916 (bronchitis); discharged to duty, 15 March 1916. Promoted Corporal, 25 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 29 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 4 April 1916. Transferred to and taken on strength of 1st Australian Division Base Depot, Etaples, 7 April 1916. On leave to England, 24 June 1916; returned from leave, 2 July 1916. Promoted Sergeant, 1 August 1916. Admitted to 26th General Hospital, Etaples, 20 March 1917 (tonsilitis); transferred to England, 31 March 1917, and admitted to Ipswich Auxiliary Hospital (no further details recorded). Granted furlough (no date recorded); admitted to Brigade Hospital, No 1 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, 30 May 1917 (post innoculation); discharged to Depot, 31 May 1917; marched in to No 1 Command Depot, 1 June 1917. Detached to AIF Depots in the United Kingdom, 9 August 1917. Attached to Pay Corps, Tidworth, for duty, 18 September 1917. Marched for duty as Pay Sergeant at 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital (Convalescent Training Depot), Bulford, 29 September 1917. Attached for duty to Chief Paymaster, London, 24 January 1919. Married Dorothy Rosina STALEY, spinster, aged 21, of the Swan Hotel, Hammersmith, at the Parish Church, Pimlico, 7 June 1919. Promoted Warrant Officer Class II whilst on duty, 10 June 1919. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Friedrichsruhe', 8 July 1919; disembarked Sydney, 4 September 1919; discharged, 27 October 1919. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal After demobilisation he developed a successful career in the entertainment business as a singer, composer, orchestral conductor, theatre organist and radio announcer. |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 52 |
Place of burial | Cremated |
Sources | 'Australian Dictionary of Biography', vol. 10, pp. 168-9 |