Regimental number | 1074 |
Place of birth | Gloucester, England |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Blacksmith |
Address | Harvest Road, North Fremantle, Western Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 27 |
Height | 5' 10.25" |
Weight | 170 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, John Welshman, Harvest Road, North Fremantle, Western Australia |
Previous military service | Served for 4.5 years in the Royal Garrison Artillery, Gloucester, England. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Perth, Western Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 32nd Battalion, C Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/49/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital |
Fate | Discharged |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 349 Sergeant Henry WELSHMAN DCM, Australian Mounted Division Signals, returned to Australia, 8 August 1919; 186 Pte Alfred Charles WELSHMAN, 44th Bn, killed in action, 8 June 1917; 1387 Lance Corporal Thomas James WELSHMAN, 32nd Bn, returned to Australia, 28 February 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Disembarked Suez, 18 December 1915. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916. Found guilty, 7 July 1916, of being absent without leave: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2. Wounded in action, 19 July 1916 (gun shot wound: right testicle removed, penis sewn up), and admitted to 15th Field Ambulance, and transferred to 1st Canadian Casualty Clearing Station; to Ambulance Train No 1, 20 July 1916, and admitted to 2nd Canadian Stationary Hospital; transferred to England, 21 July 1916, and admitted to War Hospital, Keighley, 22 July 1916; discharged to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 16 September 1916; granted furlough, 18 September 1916. Found guilty, 14 October 1916, of being absent without leave, 3 pm, 2 October, to 10 am, 8 October 1916: awarded 120 hours' detention, and forfeited a total of 12 days' pay. Reported back from furlough, 16 October 1916. Found guilty, 14 December 1916, of being absent without leave, midnight, 9 December, to noon, 10 December 1916, and negleting to obey an order, 12 December 1916: admonished, awarded 3 days' confined to barracks and forfeiture of 1 day's pay. Attached for duty with Anzac Provost Corps, Parkhouse, 21 April 1917. Admitted to 2nd Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, 14 August 1917 (pleurisy); discharged to duty, 30 August 1917. Admitted to 2nd Auxiliary Hospital, 10 May 1918 (pyrexia, unknown origin); discharged to duty with staff of 2nd Auxiliary Hospital, 12 June 1918. Transferred to 32nd Bn Details, 28 August 1918. Discharged (medically unfit: gun shot wound, right thigh) in England, 10 December 1918. War service: 3 years 138 days Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Subsequently (from 1922) lived in India. |
Miscellaneous details | Form B103 states date of embarkation from Australia as 21 July 1916. |
Date of death | |
Sources | NAA: B2455, WELSHMAN Frederick William |