John ALDRED

Regimental number1302
Date of birth22 November 1895
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationPlasterer
AddressJohn Aldred, Newmarket, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 6.5"
Next of kinJohn Aldred, Newmarket, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Junior Cadets for 12 months.
Enlistment date6 October 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll6 October 1914
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 2 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 29 April 1916
Discharge date31 July 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Found guilty of being absent without leave from mapping party, 20 December 1915; sentenced to 168 hours' detention. Detention remitted but pay stopped.

Disembarked Alexandria from Mudros, 7 January 1916.

Found guilty, 29 January 1916 of (1) being absent from parade without permission; (2) absent from retreat roll call; (3) absent from parade without permission, 28 February 1916. awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Found guilty, 10 March 1916, of when on Active Service conduct to the prejudice of good order and Military Discipline, in that he said to Military Policeman Pte Norman Churchman 'You are a bastard' or words to that effect; (2) when on Active Service using threatening language to his Superior Officer, in that he said to 2nd Lt W.A. Bayliss of the 8th Bn, 'Hop out here and I'll have a piece of you you bastard.. 'I will get you another time.' Sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour.

Found guilty, 23

Commenced return to Australia, 31 May 1916 (prisoner); discharged (services no longer required), 31 July 1916.

MSBVAlso served in World War II: Service No N72624.
SourcesNAA: B2455, ALDRED John