Regimental number | 482 |
Place of birth | Upper Blythe, Tasmania |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | West Pine via Penguin, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Height | 5' 6.5" |
Weight | 138 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Peter Price, Natone, Tasmania |
Previous military service | Nil ('evaded service') |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Claremont, Tasmania |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 40th Battalion, B Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/57/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 40th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Hobart, 1 July 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 22 July 1916. Admitted to Military Hospital, Devonport, 22 August 1916 (sick: slight). Admitted to Addington Road Hospital, Croydon, 17 October 1916 (enteric); marched in to No 1 Command Depot, 27 March 1917. Found guilty, 5 May 1917, of talking in the ranks: awarded 2 days' confined to barracks. Proceeded overseas to France, 23 August 1917; taken on strength, 40th Bn, in the field, 1 September 1917. Wounded in action, 12 October 1917 (gun shot wound, chest and eye); admitted to 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station; transferred by Ambulance Train No 29 to 18th General Hospital, Rouen, 14 October 1917; to England, 18 October 1917, and admitted to Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol, 19 October 1917; transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 24 January 1918; discharged on furlough, 6 February 1918, to report to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 20 February 1918. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Kenilworh Castle', 12 March 1918; transshipped to HT 'Field Marshall' at Durban, 23 April 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 22 May 1918; discharged (medically unfit), 26 July 1918. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, PRICE Albert Vincent |