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Lewis RILEY

Regimental number2076
Place of birthMudgee, New South Wales
True NameRILEY, Louis
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressHoratio Street, Mudgee, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 7.5"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinFather, John Riley, Horatio Street, Mudgee, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 September 1915
Place of enlistmentLithgow, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Light Horse Regiment, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/11/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 3 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Field Artillery Brigade
FateReturned to Australia 5 March 1919
Discharge date4 September 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Maadi, 9 March 1916.

Taken on strength, 25th Howitzer Brigade, Tel el Kebir, 27 March 1916, and posted to 115th Battery.

Transferred to Brigade Ammunition Column, Ferry Post, 19 April 1916.

Mustered as Driver, 10 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 7 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 15 June 1916.

Taken on strength, 25th Field Artillery Brigade, in the field, 8 August 1916, and posted to 52nd Battery.

Transferred to 13th Field Artillery Brigade, 24 January 1917, and posted to 49th Battery.

Proceeded on leave, 18 September 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 30 September 1917.

Admitted to 18th General Hospital, Camiers, 5 October 1917 (hernia); discharged to Base Details, Havre, 8 October 1917 ; rejoined unit, in the field, 29 October 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 9 November 1918.

Admitted to 2nd Scottish Hospital, Edinburgh, while on leave, 18 November 1918; transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 17 December 1918; discharged on furlough, 30 December 1918, to report to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 7 January 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Nevada', 5 March 1919 (debility; not influenza); disembarked Sydney, 26 April 1919; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 4 September 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsMother was Catholic, father Presbyterian; Embarkation Roll states relgious affiliation as Catholic; Attestation Form says Presbyterian.
SourcesNAA: B2455, RILEY Lewis

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