Regimental number | 253 |
Place of birth | Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Motorman |
Address | 13 Westbury Street, St Peters, South Australia |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 35 |
Height | 5' 9" |
Weight | 144 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Lillian Laura Hermel, 25 Rundle Street, Kent Town, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served for 3 years in the 1st Bn [17th Bn?], Citizen Military Forces; resigned. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Driver |
Unit name | 32nd Battalion, Transport Section |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A13 Katuna on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Driver |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 32nd Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Wife died 17 August 1916. |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarked Adelaide, 11 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 16 December 1915. Found guilty, Tel el Kebir, 20 February 1916, of disobedience of orders, failing to appear at time and place appointed: awarded 7 days' confined to barracks, and forfeited 1 day's pay. Admitted to 15th Field Ambulance, 6 March 1916, 9 March 1916 (influenza); transferred to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Tel el Kebir, 10 March 1916; rejoined Bn, 20 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916. On Command (Transport), Abbeville, 1 July 1916; rejoined Bn, 4 July 1916. Appointed Acting Lance Corporal, 6 July 1916; reverted to Driver, 2 August 1916. Admitted to 8th Field Ambulance, 6 October 1916 (herpes), and transferred same day to 5th Divisional Rest Station; to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 11 October 1916; discharged to unit, 24 October 1916; rejoined Bn, in the field, 27 October 1916. Admitted to Anzac Rest Station, 23 December 1916 (influenza); transferred to 36th Casualty Clearing Station, 8 January 1917 (phthisis); to 6th General Hospital, 9 January 1917 (debility); to No 2 Convalescent Depot, Rouen, 17 January 1917; to Base Depot, 27 January 1917 (classified TB). Admitted to 26th General hospital, Etaples, from 26th General Hospital, 17 February 1917 (bronchitis); transferred to England, 26 February 1917 (pulmonary tuberculosis), and admitted to War Hospital, Norfolk; transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 11 April 1917; discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 16 May 1917. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Euripides', 21 July 1917; disembarked Melbourne (date not recorded) for onward travel to Adelaide; discharged (medically unfit: phthisis, tuberculosis), Adelaide, 22 March 1918. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Sources | NAA: B2455, HERMEL Lewis Albert |