Regimental number | 6108 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Adelaide, South Australia |
School | Flinders Street Model School, Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Locomotive engine-driver, SAR |
Address | Allawoona, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 41 |
Height | 5' 4.5" |
Weight | 190 lbs |
Next of kin | Sister, Mrs Emily Sophia Field, Nottingham Avenue, Keswick, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 27th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/44/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A19 Afric on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 27th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: England Embarked Adelaide, 7 November 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 9 January 1917, and marched in to 7th Training Bn, Rollestone. Marched in to 6th Training Bn, Fovant, 8 November 1917. Marched out to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 5 June 1918. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Mwedic' for discharge (visceroptosis), 24 August 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 11 October 1918, for onward travel by train to Adelaide, 15 October 1918; discharged (medically unfit), Adelaide, 28 October 1918. Medal: British War Medal |