Regimental number | 313 |
Place of birth | St Edmunds, Manchester, England |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Bookbinder |
Address | c/o Mrs Wood, Renwood, O'Brien Street, Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Height | 5' 6" |
Weight | 123 lbs |
Next of kin | Sister, Florence Pendleton, Brougham Road, Cowra, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
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Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 17th Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/34/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A32 Themistocles on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Divisional Signal Company |
Fate | Effective abroad (still overseas) |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Admitted to 5th Australian Field Ambulance, Gallipoli, 8 September 1915; transferred to No 1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 2 October 1915 (diarrhoea); to St Paul's Hospital, Malta, 10 October 1915; embarked for Egypt, 2 December 1915; disembarked Alexandria, 6 December 1915; returned to duty, 17th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 20 January 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 31 July 1916. Wounded in action, 31 July 1916 (gassed), and admitted to 2nd Field Ambulance; transferred to 10th General Hospital, Rouen, 3 August 1916; returned to duty, 16 August 1916. Admitted to 50th Casualty Clearing Station, 21 September 1916 (scabies); returned to duty, 25 September 1916. Admitted to 1st Australian Rest Station, 18 December 1916; rejoined Bn, 14 January 1917. Admitted to 1/1 West Riding Field Ambulance, 9 October 1917 (exhaustion); transferred same to 5th Divisional Rest Station (debility); rejoined Bn, 12 October 1917. Transferred to 2nd Divisional Signal Company, 23 October 1917. On leave to England, 5 February 1918; married Ethel Davies, spinster, aged 29, at St John's Anglican Church, Lancaster, 11 February 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 21 February 1918. Attached for duty to AIF Headquarters, London, 16 December 1918. Granted leave with pay and allowances (Non-Military Employment), 12 May-11 November 1919, to undertake bookbinding with Shorrocks & Davies, 31 Sackville Street, Manchester. Commenced return to Australia on board 'Konigen Luise', 18 December 1919; disembarked sydney, 7 February 1920; discharged, Sydney, 7 April 1920. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
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Place of burial | Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney, New South Wales |