Regimental number | 3166 |
Place of birth | Kilmore, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Prospector |
Address | Paynes Find, Magnet, Western Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 42 |
Height | 5' 8.5" |
Weight | 161 lbs |
Next of kin | Sister, I Toomath, Mount Wise, Mercer Road, Malvern, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 16th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/33/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 3166A |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 48th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Transferred to 48th Bn, 3 March 1916, and taken on strength, Tel el Kebir. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 2 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 9 June 1916. Wounded in action, 7 August 1916 (gun shot wound, right knee and arm); admitted to 2nd Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, 8 August 1916; transferred to No 1 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 23 August 1916; to 4th Australian Division Base Depot, Etaples, 28 August 1916; rejoined Bn, in the field, 11 September 1916. Promoted Temporary Corporal, 5 December 1916. Admitted to 5th Australian Field Ambulance, 9 January 1917 (gonorrhoea), and transferred to 38th Casualty Clearing Station; to Ambulance Train , 11 January 1917, and admitted to 51st General Hospital, Etaples, 14 January 1917; discharged to 4th Australian Division Base Depot, Etaples, 10 February 1917; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 33 days. Rejoined Bn, in the field, 16 February 1917. Promoted Temporary Corporal, 28 June 1917. Promoted Corporal, 17 August 1917. Promoted Sergeant, 19 August 1917. Proceeded to England, as Company Quartermaster Sergeant, to join 12th Training Bn, 30 December 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 1 July 1918; rejoined 48th Bn, in the field, 9 July 1918. On leave to Brussels, 9 January 1919; rejoined Bn, 13 January 1919. Commenced return to Australia from Devonport on board HT 'Anchises', 28 February 1919; disembarked Albany, 7 April 1919; discharged (medically unfit), 13 June 1919. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Name entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as Frank Sewart TOOMATH. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, TOOMATH Frank Stuart |