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Archibald REDPATH

Regimental number129
Place of birthLeith, Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Addressc/o Mrs P Sneddon, Lipson Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 8"
Weight169 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Lsabella Redpath, Aberlady, East Lothian, Scotland
Previous military serviceServed for 6 months in the Mexican Rebellion; 18 months in 2nd Bn, Devonshire Regiment; purchased discharge.
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Place of enlistmentMorphettville, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 4 December 1915
Discharge date6 April 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Admitted to 1st Australian Casulaty Clearing Station, Gallipoli, 16 July 1915 (influenza), and transferred ti Fleetsweeper.

Admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 31 July 1918 (bomb wound, head); transferred to Alexandria, disembarked, 6 August 1915, and admitted to No 2 General Hospital, Cairo; transferred to Mena Convalescent Depot, 15 August 1915; to Helouan Convalescent Hospital, 8 October 1915.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Themistocles', 4 December 1915; discharged (wounded), 6 April 1916.

War service: 1 year 232 days (of which 1 year 72 days was abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, REDPATH Archibald

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