Regimental number | 1703 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Bulli, New South Wales |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Carpenter |
Address | Deepdene, Parramatta Road, Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Height | 5' 5.5" |
Weight | 128 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, H.W. Alderson, Parramatta Road, Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales |
Previous military service | 39th Infantry |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 13th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/30/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Temporary Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 13th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | Rank given on Nominal Roll as Corporal. |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brother: 1702 Sergeant Henry ALDERSON, 13th Bn, returned to Australia, 5 March 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Evacuated to hospital, Gallipoli, 17 August 1915; admitted to Floriani, Malta, 21 August 1915 (influenza); aboard Hospital Ship, Gibraltar, 27 September 1915; transferred to No 2 Southern General Hospital, Bristol, 2 October 1915. Commenced return to Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from England as part of 17th Draft, 1 February 1916; attached to 'A' Details, Zeitoun, Egypt, 4 March 1916, and rejoined 13th Bn, Tel el Kebir, the same day. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 1 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 8 June 1916. Promoted Corporal, 9 December 1916. On leave in England, 9 January 1917, and reported sick; admitted to No 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 10 January 1917 (venereal disease); transferred to Parkhouse Military Hospital, 20 January 1917; discharged, 14 March 1917; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 64 days. Marched out of No 1 Command Depot, no date stated; marched into No 4 Command Depot, Wareham, 18 March 1917. Found guilty, 27 April 1917, of being absent without leave from 2130 hours, 24 April 1917, until 2130 hours, 26 April 1917: award, reprimanded, and forfeits 3 days' pay by Royal Warrant. Transferred to, and marched into 61st Bn, Wareham, 23 March 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 29 April 1917, and transferred to 13th Bn the same day; marched into 4th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 30 April 1917. Proceeded to unit, 3 May 1918; taken on strength of 13th Bn, 3 May 1917. Wounded in action, 8 June 1917, and admitted to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station the same day (gun shot wound, right hand and loss of 3 fingers); transferred to No 3 Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 9 June 1917; to England, 13 June 1917; to Lewisham Military Hospital, 15 June 1917; to No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 17 September 1917; marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 9 October 1917. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Themistocles', 5 November 1917; disembarked Sydney, 3 January 1918; discharged Sydney (medically unfit), 6 March 1918. Total war service: 3 years 29 days (of which 2 years 292 days were abroad) Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 33 |
Place of burial | Rookwood Necropolis (Methodist Section), Sydney, New South Wales |
Sources | NAA: B2455, ALDERSON Frank Sydney |