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Lancelot Wilfred Peyton PARTRIDGE

Regimental number5401
Place of birthBrighton, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationMiner
AddressMenzies, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation37
Height5' 10"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinBrother, John Roland Partridge, Wishange, Outer Crescent, Brighton, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date24 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 March 1916
Place of enlistmentBlackboy Hill, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameSeptember 1916 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number16/14/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 29 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Tunnelling Company
FateReturned to Australia 3 March 1919
Family/military connectionsBrother: 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
SourcesNAA: B2455, PARTRIDGE Lancelot Wilfred Peyton

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