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Samuel George WORKMAN

Regimental number4055
Place of birthStroud, Gloucestershire, England
ReligionMethodist
OccupationMoulder
AddressGwalia, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Height5' 8.75"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFather, Jesse Wandford Workman, Thrupp, near Stroud, Gloucestershire, England
Previous military serviceServed for 4 years in the Territorial Force, England.
Enlistment date26 October 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 October 1915
Place of enlistmentBlackboy Hill, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 13 February 1917
Discharge date4 October 1917
Other details

War service: Western Front

No Form B103 on file: only limited details available.

Admitted to hospital, France, 17 August 1916; transferred to England, 5 September 1916, and admitted to Norfolk War Hospital (large ployp, left ear); transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 4 November 1916; discharged on furlough, 5 January 1917, to report to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 20 January 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Benalla', 13 February 1917; disembarked Fremantle, 10 April 1917; discharged (medically unfit: otorrhoea mastoid)), Perth, 4 October 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, WORKMAN Samuel George

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