Regimental number | 363 |
Place of birth | Hitchin England |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Victoria Avenue, Claremont, Western Australia |
Marital status | Widower |
Age at embarkation | 31 |
Height | 5' 11.5" |
Weight | 154 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Sharp, Dorakin Nuns Close, Hitchin, Herts, England |
Previous military service | Served for 6.5 years in the 2nd Bn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, British Army. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 11th Battalion, C Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/28/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 11th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | No details of fate entered on Nominal Roll. |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 2 March 1915. Promoted Corporal, 11 July 1915. Admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 16 July 1915 (hernia); transferred to 1st Australian Stationary Hospital, Lemnos, 17 July 1915; disembarked Alexandria, 22 July 1915, and admitted to 12th General Hospital (hernia: severe); tramsferred to England, 26 July 1915, and admitted to King George's Hospital, Stamford Road, London, 7 August 1915. Marched out from 3rd Training Bn, Perham Downs, for overseas, 25 July 1916; rejoined Bn, in the field, 9 August 1916. Admitted to 3rd Australian Field Ambulance, 9 October 1916 (sprained ankle), and transferred same day to 17th Casualty Clearing Station; to 3rd Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, 10 October 1916; to England, 13 October 1916, and admitted to 3rd London General Hospital, 15 October 1916; transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 30 October 1916; discharged, 22 November 1916, and marched in to No 4 Command Depot, Wareham, same day. Admitted to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 21 June 1918 (gastritis); discharged to duty, 27 June 1918; rejoined AIF Admin. Headquarters, London, 28 June 1918. Granted 75 days' leave in England with pay, Married Winifred Mary POTTER, spinster, aged 23, Kilburn Wesleyan Church, Quex Road, London, 7 June 1919. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Borda', 9 December 1919; disembarked Fremantle, 19 January 1920; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Perth, 18 February 1920. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, SHARP Matthew Henry |