Regimental number | 2989 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Tumut, New South Wales |
School | Tumut, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farrier |
Address | South Gundagai, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 27 |
Height | 5' 11.75" |
Weight | 168 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Mary Ann Tillott, South Gundagai, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Rosebery Park, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 1st Light Horse Regiment, 22nd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/6/5 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A13 Katuna on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Previously served with 1st Light Horse Regiment at Gallipoli; see 236 Trooper Claude Peter Milton BLACKNEY |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine Embarked Sydney, 23 November 1916; disembarked Egypt, 23 November 1916. Marched into Isolation Camp, Moascar, 2 January 1917; marched into 1st Light Horse Training Regiment, Moascar, 22 January 1917. Transferred to, and taken on strength of 1st Light Horse Regiment, 25 January 1917. Promoted to Temporary Shoeing Smith, 17 April 1917; reverts to the rank of Trooper, 20 August 1917. Deatched to School of Instruction, Zeitoun, 14 December 1917; rejoined unit, 13 January 1918. Admitted to 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, 17 May 1918; transferred to No 66 Casualty Clearing Station, 18 May 1918; to No 75 Casualty Clearing Station, 20 May 1918; to No 47 Stationary Hospital, Gaza, 20 May 1918 (venereal disease: syphilis); to No 44 Stationary Hospital, 22 May 1918; to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Moascar, 23 May 1918; to Desert Mounted Corps Rest Camp, Port Said, 25 June 1918; marched into 1st Light Horse Training Regiment, Moascar, 10 July 1918. Proceeded to unit, 22 July 1918; rejoined 1st Light Horse Regiment, 26 July 1918. Promoted Driver, 18 September 1918. Evacuated to hospital, 17 October 1918; admitted to No 17 Stationary Hospital, Gaza, 23 October 1918 (malaria); transferred to No 44 General Hospital, 24 October 1918; to No 31 General Hospital, Abbassia, 25 October 1918; discharged to Moascar, 28 October 1918. Found guilty, Port Said Rest Camp, 2 November 1918, of being out of bounds: award, deprived of 6 days' pay. Marched into Details Camp, 2 December 1918. Marched into 1st Bde Details, 31 December 1918. To Details Camp, 10 January 1919. To Anzac Training Regiment, 17 January 1919, and marched into 1st Bde Details the same day. Marched out of 1st Bde Details, 10 February 1919; rejoined 1st Light Horse Regiment, 11 February 1919, and reverts to the rank of Trooper the same day. Commenced return to Australian on board HT 'Ulimaroa', 13 March 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 19 April 1919; discharged Sydney (medically unfit), 23 June 1919. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Place of burial | Rookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BLAKENEY Claude Milton Peter |