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Alan Bruce LILLEY

Date of birth8 May 1895
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
ReligionChurch of Christ
OccupationClerk
Address113 Mueller Road, Subiaco, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 7"
Weight125 lbs
Next of kinFather, Henry William Lilley, 113 Mueller Road, Subiaco, Western Australia
Previous military serviceAerved in the Army Medical Corps Field Ambulance, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date11 September 1914
Place of enlistmentBlackboy Hill, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit nameAustralian Army Medical Corps, July 1916 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number26/99/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 9 August 1916
Promotions

Lieutenant


Promotion date: 4 November 1917

2nd Lieutenant


Promotion date: 4 August 1917

Discharge date1 April 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Proceeded overseas to France, 12 October 1916.

Taken on strength, 12th Field Ambulance, in the field, 30 October 1916.

Transferred to 4th Division Headquarters, 27 November 1916; taken on strength, 29 November 1916.

Promoted Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 29 November 1916.

Joined 5th Officers' Cadet Bn, Cambridge, England, 7 April 1917.

Appointed 2nd Lieutenant, 4 August 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 8 August 1917; taken on strength, 13th Bn, in the field, 23 August 1917.

Promoted Lieutenant, 4 November 1917.

Wounded in action, 20 June 1918 (gun shot wound: fractured right tibia), and admitted to 4th Australian Field Ambulance, and transferred to 5th Casualty Clearing Station; to Ambulance Train No 28, 23 June 1918, and admitted to 2nd Red Cross Hospital, Rouen, 24 June 1918; transferred to England, 1 July 1918, and admitted to 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, 2 July 1918 (gun shot wound, right leg: severe); transferred to Australian Auxiliary Hospital, 30 September 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Marathon', 6 November 1918; disembarked Fremantle, 24 December 1918; appointment terminated (discharged), Perth, 1 April 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName does not appear on Embarkation Roll. See 1243 Alan Bruce LILLEY for first period of service.
SourcesNAA: B2455, LILLEY Alan Bruce

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