Regimental number | 256 |
Place of birth | Hobart, Tasmania |
Religion | Congregational |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | 47 Colville Street, Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 39 |
Height | 5' 10" |
Weight | 152 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Ethel Mary Tolman, Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Claremont, Tasmania |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | Machine Gun Company 15, Reinforcement 2 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 24/20/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 15th Machine Gun Company |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt Admitted to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Tel el Kebir, 4 July 1916 (dysentery); discharged to duty, 6 July 1916. Admitted to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, , 29 July 1916 (sycosis barbac debility); transferred to No 3 Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, 31 July 1916 (furunculosis, face); discharged to HT 'Ascanius' for return to Australia, 1 September 1916. Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Ascanius', 2 September 1916; discharged (medically unfit), 19 January 1917. Medal: British War Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, TOLMAN George Henry |