Regimental number | 3622 |
Place of birth | Geeveston, Tasmania |
Religion | Congregational |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Hobart, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Height | 5' 4.5" |
Weight | 133 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, A Geeves, Geeveston, Tasmania |
Previous military service | Served in the 93rd Infantry, Citizen Military Forces; previously rejected for AIF enlistment on account of weak chest. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Hobart, Tasmania |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 40th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/57/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 40th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: England Embarked Melbourne, 30 October 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 27 December 1917, and marched in to 10th Training Bn, Sutton Mandeville. Admitted to Salisbury Isolation Hospital, 17 January 1918 (cerebro sinal fever); discharged from hospital, 31 January 1918. Admitted to Hurdcott Hospital, 13 March 1918; marched in to 10th Training Bn from hospital, 28 March 1918. Marched in to 9th Training Bn, Fovant, 30 March 1918. Marched in to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 25 May 1918. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Capentaria', 8 August 1918; arrived Melbourne, 5 October 1918, for onward travel to Hobart; discharged (medically unfit: chronic bronchitis), Hobart, 21/11/1918. Medal: British War Medal |
Date of death | |
Place of burial | Cornelian Bay Cemetery |
Sources | NAA: B2455, GEEVES Clifford |