Regimental number | 3677 |
Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | 87 Queen Street, Melbourne, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Height | 5' 8.75" |
Weight | 147 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, M.E. Abraham, 209 Prospect Road, Scarborough, England |
Previous military service | Nil (previously rejected for service in A.I.F.) |
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Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 5th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/22/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance |
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Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength of 5th Bn, Serapeum, 26 February 1916. Admitted to No 1 Field Ambulance, Serapeum, 9 March 1916 (debility); transferred to No 1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Serapeum, no date stated; to No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital, 10 March 1916; to No 3 Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 12 March 1916 (old hernia); to No 1 Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 12 March 1916; discharged to duty with Australian Army Pay Corps, 10 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria, 1 May 1916. Taken on strength of No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 25 July 1916. To be debited for the loss of kit, no date stated. Marched into 2nd Training Bn, Weymouth, 8 August 1916. Attached to Australian Army Pay Corps, no date stated; marched into No 1 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, 15 August 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 21 August 1916; marched into 1st Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 21 August 1916. Taken on strength of 5th Bn, 7 September 1916. Admitted to Field Ambulance, 21 November 1916; transferred to No 39 Casualty Clearing Station, 24 November 1916 (scabies); to New Zealand Stationary Hospital, 24 November 1916; to No 2 Convalescent Depot, Rouen, 28 November 1916; marched into 1st Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 29 November 1916. To No 20 General Hospital, 9 December 1916 (scabies); discharged, 18 February 1917, and marched into 1st Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, the same day. Admitted to No 26 General Hospital, 22 February 1917 (hernia); transferred to England, 4 March 1917; to Dover Military Hospital, 4 March 1917; marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 11 March 1917. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Themistocles', 4 May 1917; disembarked Melbourne, 2 July 1917; discharged Melbourne (medically unfit: recurring hernia), 23 July 1917. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Sources | NAA: B2455, ABRAHAM William Ross |