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Frederick William WELSHMAN

Regimental number1074
Place of birthGloucester, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressHarvest Road, North Fremantle, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 10.25"
Weight170 lbs
Next of kinFather, John Welshman, Harvest Road, North Fremantle, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed for 4.5 years in the Royal Garrison Artillery, Gloucester, England.
Enlistment date26 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 July 1915
Place of enlistmentPerth, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital
FateDischarged 10 December 1918
Discharge date10 December 1918
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 349 Sergeant Henry WELSHMAN DCM, Australian Mounted Division Signals, returned to Australia, 8 August 1919; 186 Pte Alfred Charles WELSHMAN, 44th Bn, killed in action, 8 June 1917; 1387 Lance Corporal Thomas James WELSHMAN, 32nd Bn, returned to Australia, 28 February 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, 18 December 1915.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Found guilty, 7 July 1916, of being absent without leave: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Wounded in action, 19 July 1916 (gun shot wound: right testicle removed, penis sewn up), and admitted to 15th Field Ambulance, and transferred to 1st Canadian Casualty Clearing Station; to Ambulance Train No 1, 20 July 1916, and admitted to 2nd Canadian Stationary Hospital; transferred to England, 21 July 1916, and admitted to War Hospital, Keighley, 22 July 1916; discharged to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 16 September 1916; granted furlough, 18 September 1916.

Found guilty, 14 October 1916, of being absent without leave, 3 pm, 2 October, to 10 am, 8 October 1916: awarded 120 hours' detention, and forfeited a total of 12 days' pay.

Reported back from furlough, 16 October 1916.

Found guilty, 14 December 1916, of being absent without leave, midnight, 9 December, to noon, 10 December 1916, and negleting to obey an order, 12 December 1916: admonished, awarded 3 days' confined to barracks and forfeiture of 1 day's pay.

Attached for duty with Anzac Provost Corps, Parkhouse, 21 April 1917.

Admitted to 2nd Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, 14 August 1917 (pleurisy); discharged to duty, 30 August 1917.

Admitted to 2nd Auxiliary Hospital, 10 May 1918 (pyrexia, unknown origin); discharged to duty with staff of 2nd Auxiliary Hospital, 12 June 1918.

Transferred to 32nd Bn Details, 28 August 1918.

Discharged (medically unfit: gun shot wound, right thigh) in England, 10 December 1918.

War service: 3 years 138 days

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Subsequently (from 1922) lived in India.
Miscellaneous detailsForm B103 states date of embarkation from Australia as 21 July 1916.
Date of death16 August 1934
SourcesNAA: B2455, WELSHMAN Frederick William

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