Regimental number | 443 |
Place of birth | Hoyleton, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Motor mechanic |
Address | Bute, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25.7 |
Height | 5' 10.5" |
Weight | 150 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, John Wauchope, Wallaroo, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Morphettville, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 10th Battalion, F Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/27/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Regimental Quartermaster Sergaent |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 5345 Lance Corporal Norman Clement WAUCHOPE MM, Australian Corps Signal Company, returned to Australia, 1 April 1919; 2596 Sergeant Percival George WAUCHOPE, 15th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 28 January 1919; 2596 Sergeant Percival George WAUCHOPE, returned to Australia, 28 January 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Wounded in action (gun shot wound, right eye), and admitted to hospital, Cairo, 1 May 1915. Proceeded overseas to France, 16 January 1917. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Llanstephan Castle', 15 February 1918; discharged (medically unfit: trench fever), Adelaide, 31 May 1918. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Sources | NAA: B2455, WAUCHOPE Ernest John Luther |