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Adam Charles BOAL

Regimental number762
Place of birthMathoura, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationContractor
AddressPO Echuca, Echuca, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation38
Height5' 10.5"
Weight164 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mary J. Boal, PO Echuca, Echuca, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 July 1915
Place of enlistmentEchuca, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 10 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Pioneer Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 5 November 1917
Discharge date5 February 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 10 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 26 December 1915.

Transferred to, and taken on strength of 5th Pioneer Bn, Tel el Kebir, 3 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 25 June 1916.

Admitted to No 5 Field Ambulance, 13 December 1916 (septic foot); transferred to Casualty Clearing Station, no date stated; rejoined unit, 3 January 1917.

Evacuated to hospital, 9 January 1917; admitted to 1st Australian Divisional Rest Station, 13 January 1917 (piles); transferred to No 38 Casualty Clearing Station, 13 January 1917; to Ambulance Train, 15 January 1917; to No 26 General Hospital, Etaples, 19 January 1917; to No 6 Convalescent Depot, Etaples, 1 March 1917; marched into 5th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 8 March 1917 (Class A).

Marched out of 5th Australian Divisional Base Depot, 4 April 1917; attached to 1st Anzac Salvage Company, 5 April 1917.

On leave to England, 6 July 1917; rejoined 1st Anzac Salvage Company, 22 July 1917.

Proceeded to Base Depot, 22 July 1917; marched into 5th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Le Havre, 24 July 1917.

Classified as only fit for service at a Permanent Base, 21 September 1917.

Proceeded to England, 5 October 1917; marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 6 October 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Themistocles', 5 November 1917; disembarked Melbourne, 31 December 1917; discharged Melbourne (medically unfit: rheumatism), 5 February 1918.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Death not attributed to war service.
Date of death4 September 1935
Place of burialMoama Cemetery, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, BOAL Adam Charles

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