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Jack AUBERT

Regimental number7426
Place of birthUraidla, South Australia
ReligionProtestant
OccupationLabourer
AddressMarion Street, Glanville, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 8"
Weight152 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Grace Maud Aubert, Marion Street, Glanville, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date27 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 January 1915
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameLight Horse Brigade Train 4, Reinforcement 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/102/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 9 September 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll9030
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Company, Australian Army Service Corps
FateReturned to Australia 22 December 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Found guilty, 27 February 1916, of ill-treating a horse, Serapeum: awarded 3 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 20 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 28 March 1916.

[no details of service between 28 March 1916 and 20 January 1917].

Proceeded on leave to United Kingdom, 20 January 1917; rejoined unit, 9 February 1917.

Detached to Divisional Train Headquarters, 22 September 1917; rejoined unit, 24 October 1917.

Temporarily attached to 16th Company, Australian Army Service Corps, 22 May 1918; ceased to be attached, 7 August 1918.

Temporarily attached to 17th Company, Australian Army Service Corps, 12 August 1918; detached to 22nd Australian Machine Gun Company, 30 August 1918; rejoined 17th Company, 8 September 1918.

Rejoined 20th Company, 1 October 1918.

Admitted to 53rd Casualty Clearing Station, 14 October 1918 (pyrexia of unknown origin); transferred to Ambulance Train, 15 October 1918; to 9th General Hospital, Rouen, 16 October 1918; embarked for England, 23 October 1918; admitted to Duchess of Connaught Canadian Red Cross Hospital, Taplow, England, 24 October 1918 (influenza); discharged to report to No 2 Command Depot, 1 November 1918; marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 2 November 1918; marched out to No 1 Command Depot, 28 November 1918; marched in, 29 November 1918.

Commenced return to Australia from England on board HT 'Bakara', 22 December 1918; disembarked Perth, 5 February 1919; discharged (medically unfit, influenza), 11 April 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, AUBERT Jack

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