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Joseph Hubert MITCHELL

Regimental number73
Date of birth21 June 1872
Place of birthCurrency Creek, South Australia
SchoolSturt Street Public School, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClerk
Address'Ellerslie', Pulsford Road, Prospect, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation42
Next of kinWife, Mrs. J. H. Mitchell, 'Ellerslie,' Pulsford Road, Prospect, South Australia
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name3rd Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/8/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 22 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 8 April 1917
Discharge date13 July 1917
Other detailsWar service: Egypt, Gallipoli, France. Invalided to Lemnos, Alexandria and Egland, suffering from enteric fever; on recovery, joined the 27th Bn in France. Contracted rheumatism; invalided to England; returned to Australia and discharged as medically unfit.

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