Regimental number | 4186 |
Place of birth | Birkenhead, Cheshire, England |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Sailor |
Address | 10 George Street, off Halifax Street, Adelaide, South Australia |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 35 |
Height | 5' 7" |
Weight | 134 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs E.F. Gwynne, 10 George Street off Halifax Street, Adelaide, South Australia |
Previous military service | 2nd Class Petty Officer, Royal Navy (14 years service); 1st Class Petty Officer, Australian Navy Expeditionary Force (8 months service) |
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Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Keswick, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 10th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/27/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Mary GWYNNE |
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Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Marched out of 3rd Training Bn, Zeitoun, 29 February 1916; taken on strength of 50th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 29 February 1916. Promoted Lance Corporal, Serapeum, 14 April 1916. Transferred to, and taken on strength of 4th Division Pioneer Bn, 16 May 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 4 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 11 June 1916. Wounded in action, 2 July 1916, and admitted to No 6 Field Ambulance the same day (shrapnel wound, right arm); transferred to No 8 Casualty Clearing Station, 3 July 1916; to No 1 Ambulance Train, 3 July 1917; to No 2 Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, 3 July 1916 (shrapnel wound, right wrist and right radius); to England, 3 July 1916; to No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 4 September 1916. Commenced return to Australia from Southampton on board HT 'Karoola', 16 October 1916; disembarked Melbourne, 2 December 1916; discharged Adelaide (medically unfit), 13 April 1917. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Death attributed to war service. |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 55 |
Place of burial | West Terrace Cemetery, South Australia |
Sources | NAA: B2455, GWYNNE John Edgar |