Regimental number | 2221 |
Place of birth | Howlong, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Surveyor's chainman |
Address | Sydney, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 34 |
Next of kin | ..., Mrs Mary J Wolstenholme, 15 Donohue Street, Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served in South Africa for 6 months. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 14th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/31/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 6th Battalion |
Fate | Died of disease |
Age at death from cemetery records | 36 |
Place of burial | Durrington Cemetery (Grave No. 212), Wiltshire, England |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 49 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Matthew James and Mary Jane WOLSTENHOLME, of Lawson, New South Wales |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, England Admitted to Detention Hospital, Abbassia, 10 August 1915 (venereal disease). Commenced return to Australia, 25 September 1915. Returned to duty, 3rd Military District, 9 October 1915. Re-attested as No. 6644 owing to loss of original attestation papers, and subsequently allotted to 14th Bn, 15th Reinforcements; failed to re-embark from Adelaide on board HMAT 'Anchises', 16 March 1916. Embarked from Melbourne on board A71 HT 'Nestor', 2 October 1916 (6th Bn, 21st Reinforcement); disembarked Plymouth, 16 November 1916. Found guilty, 15 January 1917, of (1) appearing on parade with hair longer than allowed by regulation; (2) appearing on parade improperly dressed. Awarded 3 days' confinement to camp. Died at Fargo Military Hospital, 24 February 1917 (lobar pneumonia). Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |