Regimental number | 2120 |
Place of birth | Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Patten Street, Broken Hill, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 43 |
Height | 5' 8.25" |
Weight | 138 lbs |
Next of kin | Brother, John Joseph Supple, Nile Street, Glenelg, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 32nd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/49/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 32nd Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarked Adelaide, 7 February 1916; disembarked Suez, 11 March 1916. Admitted to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, 19 April 1916 (dupritrigus fracture); discharged to duty, 23 April 1916; marched in to 8th Training Bn, Tel el Kebir, 24 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria, 6 June 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 16 June 1916. Proceeded overseas to France (date not recorded); marched in to 5th Australian Division Base Depot, Etaples, 11 September 1916. Found guilty, 15 September 1916, of drunkenness: awarded 21 days' Field Punishment No 1. Marched out to England with 'PB' personnel, 27 December 1916. Marched in to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 2 January 1917. Classified 'C3', 23 January 1917. Marched out to No 2 Command Dept, Weymouth, 14 February 1917. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Benalla', 28 August 1917 (overage); disembarked Melburne, 24 October 1917, for onward travel to Adelaide; discharged (medically unfit: overage [Medical Board report, 25 October 1917: '49 years old & looks it. Persistent rheumatism aggravated by duty in the trenches']), Adelaide, 8 November 1917. War service: 2 years 55 days (of which 1 year 260 days was abroad) Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal Death not attributed to war service. |
Date of death | |
Sources | NAA: B2455, SUPPLE James Charles |