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Robert Persse CREAGHE

Regimental number2381
Place of birthDublin, Ireland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMine engineer
Address5 Grange Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation40
Height5' 4.25"
Weight144 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs K Creaghe, 5 Grange Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand
Previous military serviceServed in the Royal Irish Rifles.
Enlistment date3 August 1915
Place of enlistmentNewcastle, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 5 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Pioneer Battalion
FateDischarged 12 March 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Laurence and Maria CREAGHE
Discharge date12 March 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked, 5 October 1915.

Admitted to 4th Auxiliary Hospital, Abbassia, 11 November 1915; discharged to duty, 15 December 1915; reported for duty, Tel-el-Kebir and joined Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 8 January 1916. Transferred to 2nd Pioneer Bn and taken on strength, Moascar, 9 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria and proceeded to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 26 March 1916.

Admitted to hospital, Rue Marle, 3 May 1916; admitted to 3rd Field Ambulance, 5 May 1916; discharged to duty, 9 May 1916. Admitted to 3rd Australian Field Ambulance, 28 June 1916 (fractured nasal bone), transferred to 1st Australian Field Ambulance, 29 June 1916; to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 1 July 1916 (bronchitis); to 14th Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 3 July 1916; to No 1 Convalescent Camp, Boulogne, 4 July 1916. Proceeded to England on HS 'St. Denis', 5 July 1916; admitted to 3rd Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, 6 July 1916. Temporarily transferred to 2nd Tunnelling Company; 14 July 1916. Admitted to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 19 July 1916; discharged to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 19 July 1916; rejoined unit, 30 July 1916. Admitted to Brigade Hospital, Perham Downs, 14 August 1916; discharged to No 1 Command Depot, 25 August 1916.

Allotted to Central Infantry Base from Australian Imperial Force Administration Headquarters, 14 December 1916. Discharged as being unfit for military service, London, 12 March 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death10 September 1941
Age at death72
Place of burialKarrakatta Cemetery, Perth, Western Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, CREAGHE Robert Persse

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