Regimental number | 8106 |
Place of birth | Kilkenny, Ireland |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Seaman |
Address | East Dedham, Massachusetts, USA |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 41 |
Height | 5' 8" |
Weight | 195 lbs |
Next of kin | Sister, M Plummer, East Dedham, Massachusetts, USA |
Previous military service | Served for 6 years in the US Army. |
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Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 2nd Australian General Hospital, Special Reinforcements |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Australian General Hospital |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance |
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War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength, Anzac Provost Corps, Abbassia, 3 April 1916. Transferred to 2nd Australian General Hospital, Cairo, 1 July 1916. Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 29 July 1916; disembarked England (date not recorded). Proceeded overseas to France, 21 August 1916; taken on strength, 2nd Australian General Hospital, 29 August 1916. Found guilty, 4 november 1916, of (1) being absent without leave from 8 pm to 9.30 pm. (2) Drunk & incapable of performing duty: awarded 1688 hours' Field Punishment No. 1. Admitted to 2nd Australian General Hospital, 14 May 1917 (not yet diagnosed); transferred to England, 15 May 1917 (debility and anaemia), and admitted same day to 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth. Discharged on furlough, 19 May 1917, to report to No 4 Command Depot, Wareham, 4 June 1917. Admitted to No 1 Queen Alexandra Hospital, 28 May 1917; transferred to No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 28 May 1917; discharged to balance of furlough, 20 June 1917. Marched into No 1 command Depot, Perham Downs, 26 June 1917; marched into Army Medical Corps Training Depot, Parkhouse, 30 June 1917. Transferred to 17th Field Ambulance, 6 July 1917; attached to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, for duty, 4 October 1917; marched out to AMC Training Depot, Parkhouse, on disbandment of 17th Field Ambulance, 25 October 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 28 November 1917; taken on strength, 2nd Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, 12 January 1918. Admitted sick to 2AGH,26 March 1918 (not yey diagnosed); discharged to duty, 15 April 1918 (no further details recorded). To hospital, 13 June 1918 (pyrexia unknown origin); rejoined unit, 21 June 1918. Admitted to hospital, 10 August 1918; transferred by Ambulance Train and then by HS 'St Denis' to England, 24 August 1918, and admitted to 1st Southern General Hospital, 24 August 1918 (pleurisy and pneumonia); discharged on furlough, 5 September 1918, to report to No 4 Command Depot, 19 September 1918. Admitted to No 1 Australian Auxiliatry Hospital, Harefield, 19 September 1918; discharged, 29 September 1918, to report to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 4 October 1918. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Gaika' for discharge (fibrosis of lungs), 8 November 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 29 December 1918, for onward travel to Sydney; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 18 April 1919. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
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