Regimental number | 52 |
Place of birth | Tredegar, Wales |
Religion | Congregational |
Occupation | Miner |
Address | Silkstone, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 38 |
Height | 5' 6" |
Weight | 128 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Margaret Boulton, Silkstone, Queensland |
Previous military service | Nil |
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Place of enlistment | Ipswich, Queensland |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | Mining Corps 1, Company 1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Tunnelling Company |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in Queensland Garden of Remembrance |
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War service: Western Front Embarked Sydney, 20 February 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 5 May 1916, and entrained for Hazebrouck; detrained Hazebrouck, 8 May 1916. Found guilty, 3 January 1918, of when on Active Service being absent without leave from 12 noon, 23 December, till 12 noon, 2 January 1918: awarded 14 days' Field Punishment No 1, and forfeited a total of 25 days' pay. Admitted to 7th Australian Field Ambulance, 24 January 1918 (debility); transferred to 13th General Hospital, Boulogne, 2 February 1918; transferred to England, 8 February 1918, and admitted to Princess Christian Military Hospital, Surrey (arterial sclerosis); transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 13 February 1918; discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 19 February 1918. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Kenilworth Castle', 12 March 1918; transshipped to HT 'Feld Marschall', at Durban, 28 April 1916; disembarked Melbourne, 22 May 1918, for onward travel to Brisbane; discharged (medically unfit), 27 June 1918. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
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