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Woodford Garrell McDowell CHAMPLIN

Regimental number15956
Date of birth20 November 1893
Place of birthFairbury, USA
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationAgent
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 8.5"
Weight180 lbs
Next of kinMother, Marion L Champlin, Shaftson, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameAustralian Army Service Corps, 1st & 2nd Anzac Mounted Divisions, 15th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Port Darwin on 30 April 1918
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Mounted Division Train
FateReturned to Australia 26 July 1919
Discharge date25 September 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt

Embarked Sydney, 30 April 1918; disembarked Suez, 7 June 1918.

Marched in to AASC Training Depot, Moascar, 27 July 1918.Marched out to Australian Divisional Train, 17 August 1918; taken on strength, 37th [34th?] Company, AASC, 25 August 1918.

Admitted to Casualty Clearing Station, Ludd, 19 September 1918, and transferred to 36th Stationary Hospital (cellulitis, right leg); transferred to 44th Stationary Hospital, 20 September 1918; to 14th Australian General Hospital, Port Said, 6 October 1918; to Rest Camp, Port Said, 21 September 1918; to AASC Training Depot, 17 October 1918.

Admitted to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, 22 October 1918 (influenza); to Rest Camp, 31 October 1918; to AASC Training Depot, 5 December 1918.

Marched out to Anzac Divisional Train, 14 December 1918; rejoined 34th Company, AASC, 15 December 1918.

Detached to Agricultural School, Jaffa, 27 February 1919; rejoined unit, 25 March 1919.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Burma', 26 July 1919; disembarked Sydney, 1 September 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Brisbane, 25 September 1919.

Miscellaneous detailsName does not appear on Embarkation Roll.
SourcesNAA: B2455, CHAMPLIN Woodford Garrell McDowell

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