Regimental number | 2017 |
Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Motor mechanic |
Address | Lytton Road, East Brisbane, Queensland |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Height | 5' 2" |
Weight | 130 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs E M Crawford, 65 Lennox Street, Richmond, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served for 6 months, Home Service, Melbourne: discharged, medically unfit. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Brisbane, Queensland |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | Machine Gun Company June 1917, General Reinforcements |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 24/36/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Indarra on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Australian Motor Transport Company |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
Embarked Melbourne, 26 November 1917; disembarked Suez, 27 December 1917; embarked Port Said, 9 January 1918; disembarked Taranto, Italy, 20 January 1918; entrained to France; embarked Cherbourg, 24 January 1918; disembarked Southampton, England, 2 February 1918, and marched in to 15th Training Bn, Codford. Transferred to 47th Bn, 5 February 1918. Transferred to Machine Gun Details, Grantham, 10 April 1918. Admitted to Grantham Military Hospital, 21 June 1918 (not yet diagnosed); discharged, 26 July 1918. Found guilty, 29 July 1918, of being absent without leave from midnight, 11 June, to 2 pm, 19 June 1918: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited a total of 15 days' pay. Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 17 September 1918 (syphilis); discharged to No 2 Convalescent Training Depot, Parkhouse, 19 September 1918; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 3 days. Proceeded overseas to France, 4 December 1918; taken on strength, 3rd Machine Gun Bn, in the field, 7 December 1918. Transferred to 5th Australian Motor Transport Company, 21 January 1919. Admitted to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbeville, 6 February 1919 (diarrhoea); transferred to England, 3 March 1919 (bronchitis: severe), and admitted to King George Hospital, Stamford Street, London, 6 March 1919; discharged on furlough, 13 March 1919, to report to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 27 March 1919. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Themistocles', 12 June 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 3 August 1919; discharged (medically unfit), Melbourne, 12 September 1919. Medal: British War Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, CRAWFORD Horace Allen |