Regimental number | 20563 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Milang, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Farm labourer |
Address | Milang, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Height | 5' 5.5" |
Weight | 120 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, W Overall, Milang, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil (previously rejected for AIF enlistment on account of eyesight) |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | Army Medical Corps, General Reinforcements |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 26/99/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board SS Gaika on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | Australian Army Medical Corps |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brother: 51835 Pte Ernest Graham OVERALL, 50th Bn, returned to Australia, 12 July 1919. |
Other details |
War service: England Embarked Adelaide, 6 August 1918; disembarked London, England, 13 October 1918. Admitted to Fovant Military Hospital, 12 November 1918 (bronchitis); discharged to Training Depot, 25 November 1918. Attached for duty to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 3 December 1918. Admitted as patient to 1st ADH, 29 January 1919 (pyrexia, unknown origin); discharged, 1 February 1919. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Friedrichsruh', 22 January 1920; disembarked Melbourne, 9 March 1920; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Adelaide, 1 April 1920. Medal: British War Medal Also served in World War II: enlisted, 16 April 1942; discharged, 25 September 1945, as S65474 Pte, 4th Bn, Volunteer Defence Corps. |
Miscellaneous details | Second given name incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as Walker. |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 81 |
Place of burial | Milang Cemetery, South Australia |
Sources | NAA: B2455, OVERALL Sydney Walter |