Regimental number | 10191 |
Place of birth | Co Antrim, Ireland |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Lockhart, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Height | 5' 9.75" |
Weight | 168 lbs |
Next of kin | Brother, D McCauley, Lockhart, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Cootamundra, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
Unit name | Reinforcement 2 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/33/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Driver |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Transferred to 5th Field Artillery Brigade, Zeitoun, 19 February 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 25 March 1916. Mustered as Driver, 1 June 1916. Admitted to 3rd Australian Field Ambulance, 10 November 1917 (bruised right ankle); transferred to Ambulance Train No 26, 11 November 1917; to Etaples, 12 November 1917; to England, 19 November 1917, and admitted to East Sussex Hospital, Hastings; transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 18 December 1917; discharged on furlough, 15 January 1917, to report to No 2 Command Depot, 29 January 1918. Found guilty, Dartford, 7 January 1918, of being absent without leave, 2000, 5 January, to 1900, 6 January 1918: admonished, and forfeited 2 days' pay. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Matatua', 17 June 1918, for discharge (fractured right tibia); disembarked Melbourne, 15 August 1918; discharged, Sydney (medically unfit), 30 October 1918. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Place of burial | Nambour Cemetery |
Sources | NAA: B2455, McCAULEY Thomas James |