Regimental number | 5401 |
Place of birth | Brighton, Victoria |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Miner |
Address | Menzies, Western Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 37 |
Height | 5' 10" |
Weight | 168 lbs |
Next of kin | Brother, John Roland Partridge, Wishange, Outer Crescent, Brighton, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | September 1916 Reinforcements |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 16/14/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Tunnelling Company |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Family/military connections | Brother: 1648 Pte Thomas Douglas PARTRIDGE, 16th Bn, killed in action, 25 April 1915. |
Other details |
Embarked Melbourne, 29 September 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 2 December 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 1 January 1917; marched into Australian General Base Depot, 2 January 1917; attached to 1st Anzac Entrenching Bn, 12 January 1917; appointed Acting Corporal, 12 January 1917. Marched out to 2nd Australian Tunnelling Compnay, 21 March 1917; reverted to Sapper, 21 March 1917; attached to 2nd Tunnelling Company, France, 25 March 1917. Reported missing, France, 10 July 1917; reported Prisoner of war, interned Limburg, Germany, 26 July 1917. Repatriated and embarked for United Kingdom, 2 January 1919; granted leave from 4 January to 4 February 1919; marched into Administrative Headquarters, London, 4 February 1919; marched out to No 1 Command Depot, Weymouth, 12 February 1919. Commenced return to Australia from England on board HT 'Euripides', 3 March 1919; disembarked, 25 April 1919; discharged, 2 June 1919. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, PARTRIDGE Lancelot Wilfred Peyton |