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Harold BROTHERTON

Regimental number15961
Date of birth16 February 1894
Place of birthSouthport, Queensland
OccupationBank clerk
AddressChurch Street, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 6.5"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinMother, Isabell Brotherton, Church Street, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years in Senior Cadets; 5 years in 7th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date16 August 1917
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
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
FateReturned to Australia 13 April 1919
Discharge date16 June 1919
Other details

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

Marched in Australian Army Service Corps Training Depot, Moascar, 23 August 1918.

Admitted to 2nd Australian stationary Hospital, 20 November 1918 (influenza); transferred to Rest Camp, Port Said, 29 November 1918; marched out to AASC Training Depot, 12 December 1918.

Admitted to 14th Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, 2 April 1919 (malaria).

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Warwickshire', 13 April 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 28 May 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Brisbane, 16 June 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BROTHERTON Harold

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