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Hugh HUMPHREYS

Regimental number3160
Place of birthCatherine Hill Bay, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationCollier
AddressKurri Kurri, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 3"
Weight120 lbs
Next of kinSister, Mrs Annie Wood, Wallsend Road, Minmi, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date20 March 1917
Place of enlistmentWest Maitland, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameApril 1917 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number11/14/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney on 9 May 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Light Horse Regiment
FateReturned to Australia 3 July 1919
Discharge date18 October 1919
Other details

Embarked Sydney, 9 May 1917; disembarked Suez, 20 June 1917.

Taken on strength, Anzac Reserve Depot, Abbassia, 13 July 1917.

Found guilty, 1 august 1917, of disobeying an order of an NCO: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited £1.15.0 in pay.

Posted to No 4 Company, Imperial Camel Brigade, 4 September 1917.

Struck off strength of Imperial Camel Brigade, and transferred to Australian Depot Stores, Ghezireh, 27 September 1917.

Found guilty, 30 October 1917, of when on Active Service being absent without leave, 4 pm-9.30 pm, 29 October: awarded 14 days' confined to barracks, and forfeited 10 days' pay (£2.10.0).

Found guilty, 29 December 1917, of when on Active Service neglect of duty in that he, while on sentry duty on No 4 Post at Ghezireh at 0115 on 29.12.17, sat down at his post: deprived of 5 days' pay (25/-).

Marched out to 4th Light Horse Training Regiment, Moascar, 4 January 1918.

Detached to 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance, 17 January 1918; taken on strength, Wadi Hanein, 21 January 1918.

Attached for duty to 2nd Australian Machine Gun Squadron, Jericho Plains, 14 May 1918 (supernumerary to establishment).

Admitted to 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance, 19 July 1918 (malaria); transferred to 66th Casualty Clearing Station, 22 July 1918; to 47th Stationary Hospital, Gaza, 22 July 1918; to 24th Stationary Hospital, 26 July 1918; to 14th Australian General Hospital, Port Said, 27 July 1918; to Rest Camp, Port Said, 21 August 1918; marched in to Army Medical Corps Details, Moascar, 1 September 1918; rejoined 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance, 5 September 1918.

Commenced return to Australia from Kantara on board HT 'Malta', 3 July 1919; disembarked Sydney, 10 August 1919; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 18 October 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, HUMPHREYS Hugh

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