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James BURNSIDE

Regimental number1234
Place of birthBallymena, Co Antrim, Ireland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationTimber getter
AddressDalwogan, Miles, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Height5' 10"
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinFather, James Burnside, Ballymena, Co Antrim, Ireland
Enlistment date31 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll1 August 1915
Place of enlistmentToowoomba, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Light Horse Regiment, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/16/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A47 Mashobra on 4 October 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 27 October 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT SS Hawkes Bay on 26 October 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Hawkes Bay on 23 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Light Horse Regiment
FateReturned to Australia 26 December 1918
Discharge date23 April 1919
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
SourcesNAA: B2455, BURNSIDE James

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