Regimental number | 3471 |
Place of birth | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Miner |
Address | Red Hill, Mount Morgan, Queensland |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 45 |
Height | 5' 9.5" |
Weight | 168 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Margaret Mayall, Red Hill, Mount Morgan, Queensland |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Rosebery Park, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | No 1 Mining Corps, 4th Reinforcements |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 16/8/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Orontes on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 3741A |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Tunnelling Company |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in Queensland Garden of Remembrance |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Melbourne, 16 August 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 2 October 1916. Found guilty, 11 October 1916, of being absent without leave from 2400, 8 October, to 0630, 11 October 1916: awarded 7 days' confined to barracks, and forfeited 3 days' pay. Proceeded overseas to France, 15 October 1916. taken on strength, 1st Australian Tunnelling Company, 31 December 1916. Allotted Regimental No 3471A, 10 January 1917. Admitted to Divisional Rest Station, 1 February 1917 (myalgia); discharged, 7 February 1917. Admitted to Casualty Clearing Station, 7 February 1917 (myalgia);rejoined unit, 17 February 1917. Admitted to 2nd Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, 26 February 1917; transferred to England, 1 March 1917, and admitted to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Brighton, 2 March 1917 (myalgia: slight); transferred to 1st Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 20 March 1917; discharged on furlough, 7 April 1917, to report to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 23 April 1917. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Euripides', 21 July 1917; discharged (medically unfit: chronic bronchitis and pneumonia), Brisbane, 18 October 1917. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 57 |
Place of burial | Mount Morgan Cemetery, Queensland |
Sources | NAA: B2455, MAYALL Walter James |