Regimental number | 1234 |
Place of birth | Ballymena, Co Antrim, Ireland |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Timber getter |
Address | Dalwogan, Miles, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Height | 5' 10" |
Weight | 146 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, James Burnside, Ballymena, Co Antrim, Ireland |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Toowoomba, Queensland |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 11th Light Horse Regiment, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/16/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A47 Mashobra on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT SS Hawkes Bay on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Hawkes Bay on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 11th Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
Embarked, Sydney, 23 October 1915; rejoined 11th Light Horse Regiment, Heliopolis, Egypt, 22 February 1916; taken on strength of 3rd Training Regiment, 4 April 1916; detached to and taken on strength of Imperial Camel Corps, Moascar, 9 September 1916; marched out to 13th Company, Imperial Camel Corps, Abbassia, 11 September 1916; taken on strength of 3rd Anzac Bn, Imperial Camel Brigade, 11 November 1916; appointed temporary Lance Corporal, Boharia, 15 November 1916; to be Lance Corporal, 25 January 1917; transferred to and taken on strength of 4th Anzac Bn, Imperial Camel Brigade, 16 March 1917; transferred to and taken on strength of 3rd Anzac Bn, Imperial Camel Brigade, 20 August 1917; reverts to Trooper at own request, 15 September 1917; transferred to and taken on strength of 4th Bn, Imperial Camel Corps, 30 December 1917. Admitted to Rest Camp, Port Said, 2 February 1918; rejoined unit, Eastern Expeditionary Force, 14 February 1918. Wounded in action, 28 March 1918; admitted to 14th Australian General Hospital (gun shot wound left thigh), Port Said, 8 April 1918; transferred to Rest Camp, 14 May 1918; taken on strength of ABD Company from Hospital, Abbassia, 29 May 1918; marched into 5th Brigade Details, Moascar, 25 June 1918; marched out to 4th Light Horse Training Regiment, 24 July 1918; marched out to 11th Light Horse Regiment, 29 July 1918; taken on strength of 11th Light Horse Regiment, 31 July 1918; EEF, 31 July 1918. Admitted to 14th Australian General Hospital (malaria), Port Said, 19 October 1918; reported dangerously ill, 20 October 1918; taken off dangerously ill list, 17 November 1918. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Somali' from Suez, 25 December 1918 (invalided); disembarked, Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane, 8 February 1919; discharged (medically unfit: malaria), Brisbane, 23 April 1919. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BURNSIDE James |