Regimental number | 2295 |
Place of birth | Mt Gambier, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Mt Gambier, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Height | 5' 2" |
Weight | 123 lbs |
Next of kin | Cousin, Mrs Agnes Slater, Merghiny, West Coast, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil (previously rejected on account of eyesight) |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 32nd Battalion, 5th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/49/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 27th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength, 47th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 29 April 1916. Admitted to 12th Field Ambulance, 12 May 1916 (influenza); discharged to duty, 19 May 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 2 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 9 June 1916. Transferred to 4th Division Salvage Company, 17 July 1916. Admitted to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, 5 September 1916 (myalgia); transferred to 3rd Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, 7 September 1916 (wound, left ear, and pleurisy); to England, 7 September 1916, and admitted to 2nd Eastern General Hospital, Brighton, 8 September 1916 (pleurisy: mild); transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 16 January 1917; discharged on furlough, 10 February 1917, to report to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 26 February 1917. Commenced return to Australia from Devonport on board HT 'Themistocles', 6 April 1917; arrived Melbourne, 2 July 1917, for onward travel to Adelaide; discharged (medically unfit: amblyopia), Adelaide, 9 November 1917. War service: 2 years 40 days (of which 1 year 100 days was abroad) Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal Death attributed to war service. |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 51 |
Place of burial | Mt Gambier Cemetery, South Australia |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BOOTH William Henry |