Regimental number | 5980 |
Place of birth | Leeds, England |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Commercial traveller |
Address | Fore Street, Canterbury, New South Wales |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 41 |
Height | 5' 4.5" |
Weight | 119 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs E Beldon, Fore Street, Canterbury, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Bathurst, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 2nd Battalion, 19th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/19/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Son [?]: 1143 Driver Arthur Noel BELDON, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, returned to Australia, 31 January 1918. |
Other details |
War service: England Embarked Sydney, 22 August 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 13 October 1916, andmarched into No 3 Command Depot. Found guilty, 27 October 1916, of being absent without leave, 9.30 am to 4 pm, 26 October 1916: awarded 2 days' confined to camp, and forfeited 1 day's pay. Marched into 1st Training Bn, Tidworth, 30 October 1916. Admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, 15 December 1916 (venereal disease); marched into 1st Training Bn from Fargo Hospital, 27 December 1916. Admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, 1 January 1917 (lumbago); transferred to Sutton Veny Hospital, 5 February 1917; to 1st Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 24 February 1917; discharged on furlough, 9 March 1917, to report to to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 24 March 1917. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Ayrshire', 23 May 1917; disembarked, Sydney, 20 July 1917; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 15 August 1917. Medal: British War Medal |