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Roy NOTT

Regimental number1036
Date of birth4 April 1888
Place of birthCroydon, New South Wales
SchoolCroydon Public School, New South Wales
ReligionCongregational
OccupationShearing machine expert
Addressc/o R H Nott, "The Avenue", Strathfield, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinR H Nott, 'The Avenue', Strathfield, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date7 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Light Horse Regiment, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/6/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A65 Clan McEwen on 28 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Light Horse Regiment
FateReturned to Australia 12 June 1919
Discharge date26 September 1919
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 17526 Driver David Lindsay NOTT, 13th Field Company Engineers, returned to Australia, 28 August 1919; 19549 Sapper Keith Grafton NOTT, details of fate not on Nominal Roll: missing page; Cousins (1st) 411 Pte Nigel Grafton ROSS, 2nd Light Horse, returned to Australia, 15 November 1918; 353 Pte Wilfred Wallace ROSS, 2nd Light Horse, killed in action, 8 November 1917.
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War service: embarked from Sydney, 28 June 1915.

Taken on strength, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Gallipoli, 29 September 1915. Disembarked at Alexandria from Gallipoli, 27 December 1915. Joined 1st Light Horse from Light Horse Details, 8 February 1916. Admitted to No. 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Port Said, 29 October 1916 (impetigo); transferred to No. 14 Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, 31 October 1916 (septic sore). Discharged to Moascar Details and taken on strength, 1st Light Horse Training Regiment, 11 December 1916. Taken on strength, 1st Light Horse Regiment, 11 January 1916. Detached to rest camp, Khan Yunus, 30 May 1917. Admitted to New Zealand Field Ambulance, 8 June 1917 (septic sores); rejoined unit same day. Admitted to 76th Casualty Clearing Station, Rafa, 19 October 1917 (septic foot); treated in a series of medical establishments; rejoined 1st Light Horse Regiment, 14 December 1917; taken on strength in the field, 24 January 1918.

Admitted to 31st General Hospital, Abbassia, 25 October 1918 (malaria); discharged and granted 14 days' leave, 10 November 1918. Admitted to 44th Stationary Hospital, 12 February 1919 (malaria); discharged from 14th General Hospital to await embarkation to United Kingdom, 11 March 1919. Embarked from Port Said for England, 28 March 1919. Granted leave in England, 12 April-12 May 1919. Found guilty of being absent without leave, 12-14 May 1919: admonished and awarded forfeiture of two days' pay.

Embarked for Australia on 'Port Darwin', 12 June 1919; disembarked, 27 July 1919. Discharged, 26 September 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsFull name: Roy Gordon NOTT
Date of death25 November 1957
Age at death69
Place of burialCremated: Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney, New South Wales

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