Regimental number | 5194 |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Postal official |
Address | Castlemaine PO, Castlemaine, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Height | 6' 2" |
Weight | 152 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, William Maconochie, attendance officer, Queen's Head Hotel, Geelong, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Driver |
Unit name | Light Horse Brigade Train 3 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 25/100/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A51 Chilka on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Driver |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 12th Company, Australian Army Service Corps |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brother: 5106 Driver Rupert MACONOCHIE, 46th Bn, returned to Australia, 9 March 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, England Admitted to No 2 General Hospital, Mena, date not recorded (diarrhoea); discharged to duty with 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, 17 April 1915. Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 4 November 1915; taken on strength A&NZ Divisional Train, 13 November 1915. Disembarked Alexandria from Mudros, 26 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation); rejoined unit, Heliopolis, from duty at Gallipoli, 1 January 1916. Admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital, Cairo, 11 January 1916 (enteric); transferred to Infectious Hospital, Choubra, 27 February 1916; to No 4 Auxiliary Hospital, Alexandria, 21 May 1916; to Convalescent Depot, Ras el Tin, 22 May 1916; discharged to duty, 12 June 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 2 August 1916. Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, England, 17 October 1916 (gonorrhoea); discharged, 3 December 1916; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 48 days; marched in to Australian Army Service Corps Training Depot, Parkhouse, 29 January 1917. Marched out to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 26 January 1918. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Carpentaria', 8 August 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 4 October 1918 (myocarditis); discharged (medically unfit), Melbourne, 19 October 1918. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, MACONOCHIE William Coutts |