Regimental number | 2076 |
Place of birth | Mudgee, New South Wales |
True Name | RILEY, Louis |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Horatio Street, Mudgee, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Height | 5' 7.5" |
Weight | 136 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, John Riley, Horatio Street, Mudgee, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Lithgow, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 6th Light Horse Regiment, 14th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/11/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Driver |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 13th Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
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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 details | Mother was Catholic, father Presbyterian; Embarkation Roll states relgious affiliation as Catholic; Attestation Form says Presbyterian. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, RILEY Lewis |