Regimental number | 1169 |
Place of birth | Ballarat, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Soldier |
Address | RAGA Barracks, Queenscliff, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 30 |
Height | 5' 10.5" |
Weight | 154 lbs |
Next of kin | Brother, W.J. Almeida, 209 Urquhart Street, Ballarat, Victoria |
Previous military service | Royal Australian Garrison Artillery and Australian Imperial Force |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Queenscliff, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
Unit name | Heavy Artillery Group 36, Reinforcement 16 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/49/5 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 36th Heavy Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Age at death from cemetery records | 33 |
Place of burial | Heidelberg Cemetery (Portion Church of England Plot MM, Grave No. 31), Victoria |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 19 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Husband of Mrs G.H. ALMEIDA. See ALMEIDA 55 as reg no. given as 55/1169.Plaque in Garden of Remembrance, Victoria. |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Had previous period of service with AIF, see 55 Henry ALMEIDA. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Melbourne, 28 February 1918; disembarked Liverpool, England, 20 April 1918, and marched into Australian Heavy Artillery Training Depot, Devonport, the same day. Reverts to the rank of Gunner, 21 April 1918. On Command at Signal School, Heytesbury, 5 June 1918; marched into Australian Heavy Artillery Training Depot, Devonport, 30 August 1918. Promoted to Extra Duty Corporal, Australian Imperial Force Depot in United Kingdom, Tidworth, 15 September 1918. Reverts to the rank of Gunner, 3 October 1918. Promoted to Temporary Corporal, 4 October 1918. Marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 30 December 1918. Admitted to hospital, 14 February 1919; marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 24 February 1919. Commenced return to Australia from Portland on board HT 'Nevasa', 5 March 1919; admitted to Ship's Hospital, 16 March 1919 (tuberculosis); disembarked Melbourne, 25 April 1919; discharged Melbourne (medically unfit), 22 May 1920. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Death attributed to war service. |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 33 |
Sources | NAA: B2455, ALMEIDA Henry |