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Kenneth McCUISH

Regimental number6603
Place of birthMoonta, South Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMiner
AddressMoonta, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation44
Height5' 8.5"
Weight156 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs C. Perkins, Moonta Post Office, South Australia
Previous military serviceMoonta Volunteers (6 weeks, left district)
Enlistment date28 August 1916
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 21 October 1916
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Peter Dennis Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date3 January 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 21 October 1916; disembarked Devonport, 28 December 1916; marched into 3rd Training Bn, Durrington, 29 December 1916.

Found guilty, 22 January 1917, of overstaying leave from midnight, 18 January 1917, until 0800 hours, 21 January 1917: awarded 72 hours' detention and total forfeiture of 6 days' pay.

Admitted to Parkhouse Hospital, 4 March 1917 (mumps); discharged, and marched into 3rd Training Bn, 22 March 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 5 April 1917; marched into 1st Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 6 April 1917.

Proceeded to unit, 9 April 1917; taken on strength of 10th Bn, 10 April 1917.

Detached to 1st Australian Divisional Base Depot for medical classification, 4 August 1917; marched into 1st Australian Divisional Base Depot, Le Havre, 5 April 1917.

Classified 'Permanent Base' by Medical Board, 15 August 1917, and proceeded to England the same day; marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 16 August 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Suevic', 27 September 1917; disembarked Adelaide, 8 November 1917; discharged Adelaide (medically unfit: bronchitis and overage), 3 January 1918.

Total war service: 1 year 129 days (of which 1 year 27 days was abroad).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death24 May 1927
Age at death53
Place of burialAIF Cemetery (Row 4 East, Grave 5), West Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, McCUISH Kenneth

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