Regimental number | 2879 |
Place of birth | Surrey Hills New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Herald Office, Sydney, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Next of kin | Father, Thos Power, Herald Office, Sydney, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 5th Field Ambulance, C Section |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 26/48/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A31 Ajana on |
From Embarkation Records it is not possible to distinguish exactly which ship members of this unit sailed on. Two ships left from Sydney: the 'Ajana' on 31 May 1915 carrying three officers and 98 men and the 'Ceramic' on 25 June 1915 carrying three officers and 129 men. | |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Field Ambulance |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Medals |
Military Medal 'The men [2879 C.O. POWER, 2953 A. FORREST, 13629 E.C. MUNRO, 2807 B.C. BARWICK] formed a stretcher squad carrying wounded on May 3rd North of NOREUIL during the intensity of the bombardment. While so engaged they were in the vicinity of a Trench Mortar Shell Dump near NOREUIL, when an enemy shell fell in the dump causing a fire and great explosion killing and wounding a number of men near by. The stretcher squad with utter disregard of danger rushed to the spot and attended the wounded and carried them away in safety, in spite of a intense enemy barrage following on the explosion. They carried wounded continuously for 36 hours in spite of heavy barrages. Between the hours of 4 and 6 a.m. on that date the barrage was particularly heavy and there were no troops moving on the road at the time on account of the heavy fire. In spite of this 28 cases were carried 1 3/4 miles to a place of safety. During this time they frequently stopped to attend to wounded on the way.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 189 Date: |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |