Regimental number | 868 |
Place of birth | Grafton, New South Wales |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Timber hewer |
Address | Manjinup PO, Manjinup, Western Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 38 |
Height | 5' 11" |
Weight | 154 lbs |
Next of kin | Sister, Margaret Ellen Lee, Chatsworth, Clarence River, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served in the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, South Africa; time expired. |
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Place of enlistment | Bridgetown, Western Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Corporal |
Unit name | 32nd Battalion, C Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/49/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 32nd Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
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War service: Egypt, Western Front Disembarked Suez, 18 December 1915. Found guilty, 16 May 1916, of failing to have men in his tent at Reveille: reprimanded. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916. On Command, School of Instruction, Morbecque, 6 July 1916. Transferred to 1st Light trench Mortar Battery, 26 July 1916. Wounded in action, Fromelles, 20 July 1916 (shrapnel wound, left hand), and admitted to 8th Field Ambulance; discharged to duty from 5th Division Rest Station, 29 July 1916. Taken on strength, 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery, 29 July 1916. Admitted to No 2 [Highland Division?] Field Ambulance, 23 September 1916, and transferred to 8th Casualty Clearing Station; to 32nd Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, 24 September 1916 (influenza); to 1st Convalescent Camp, 29 September 1916; to Base Details, Etaples, 7 October 1916. Transferred to 32nd Bn, 15 October 1916. Promoted Sergeant, 19 October 1916. Admitted 21st Casualty Clearing Station, 26 November 1916; transferred to 13th General Hospital, Boulogne, 30 November 1916 (trench foot); to England, 2 December 1916; discharged from No 3 Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, on furlough, 31 January 1917, to report to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 15 February 1917. Admitted to No 2 Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, 6 February 1917 (bronchitis); transferred to Metropolitan Asylum Board, 18 March 1917; to 2nd Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, 18 March 1917 (mumps); discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 17 May 1917 (functional neurosis). Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Beltana', 18 October 1917; disembarked Perth; discharged (medically unfit), Perth, 3 January 1918. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
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Sources | NAA: B2455, STACK Thomas Pascoe |