Regimental number | 2699 |
Place of birth | Inkerman, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Farm labourer |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 5' 4.75" |
Weight | 146 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Rosetta Heaslip, Merrigum, Goulburn Valley, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil (exempt area under Compulsory Military Training scheme) |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 21st Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/38/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Moldavia on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 21st Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarked Melbourne, 5 October 1915; admitted to hospital, Aden, 25 October 1915 (measles); taken on strength, 21st Bn, Tel el Kebir, 7 January 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France (date not recorded). Wounded in action, 26 August 1916 (gun shot wound, left buttock, thigh, right leg), and admitted to 4th Australian Field Ambulance; transferred to 11th Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 28 August 1916; to England, 30 August 1916, and admitted to 3rd Western General Hospital, Cardiff, 31 August 1916; discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 10 October 1916. Marched out to No 4 Command Depot, Wareham (temporarily unfit), 3 November 1916; to No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 29 March 1917; to Drafting Depot, Perham Downs, 5 April 1917; to 17th Brigade, Windmill Hill, 25 April 1917; to 66th Bn, 28 April 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 23 October 1917; rejoined 21st Bn, in the field, 29 October 1917. Admitted to 7th Australian Field Ambulance, 12 January 1918 (septic finger, right hand); transferred to 53rd General Hospital, Boulogne, 25 January 1918; to England, 31 January 1918, and admitted same day to Endell Street Hospital; transferred to No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 20 February 1918; discharged to No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 28 February 1918; marched in to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 27 March 1918. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Ruahine', 12 May 1918; disembarked Sydney, 5 July 1918; discharged (medically unfit), Melbourne, 21 September 1918. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Next of kin address incorrectly recorded on Embakation Roll as Marragin, Golden Valley, Tasmania. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, HEASLIP Allen Francis |