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Ernest Magnus WUTH

Regimental number2898
Place of birthEidsvold, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationButcher
AddressMurrays Creek, Bundaberg, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 7.5"
Weight131 lbs
Next of kinFather, Ernest Magnus Wuth, Mount Perry, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date3 April 1916
Place of enlistmentBundaberg, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Light Horse Regiment, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/10/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Malwa on 22 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Machine Gun Squadron
FateReturned to Australia 28 June 1919
Discharge date19 September 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt

Taken on strength, 2nd Light Horse Training Regiment, Moascar, 24 August 1916.

Admitted to Isolation Camp, Moascar, 25 August 1916; rejoined 2nd Light Horse Training Regiment, 23 September 1916.

Transferred to 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Moascar, 6 October 1916.

Admitted to 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance, 28 November 1916 (influenza); discharged, 2 December 1916.

To Imperial School of Instruction, Zeitoun, 27 January 1917; rejoined unit, 19 February 1917.

To Imperial School of Instruction, Zeitoun, 22 September 1917; qualified as range taker; rejoined unit, 4 October 1917.

To be Lance Corporal, 13 November 1917.

Detached to 7th Light Horse Regiment, 4 February 1918; rejoined 2nd Machine Gun Squadron, 7 March 1918.

Wounded in action, Egypt, 17 July 1918; admitted to 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, 17 July 1918 (gun shot wound, left foot); transferred to 47th Stationary Hospital, 19 July 1918; to 31st General Hospital, 25 July 1918; to Convalescent Depot, Moascar, 9 September 1918; discharged, 16 September 1918; rejoined unit, 4 October 1918.

To be Temporary Corporal, 7 November 1918.

Promoted Temporary Sergeant, 14 November 1918.

Reverted to Temporary Corporal, 7 December 1918.

Promoted Temporary Sergeant, 18 February 1919.

To be Sergeant, 18 May 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Madras', 28 June 1919; admitted to hospital at sea, 18 July 1919 (cold); discharged, 29 July 1919; disembarked Sydney, 3 August 1919; discharged, 19 September 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSurname recorded incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as WURTH.
SourcesNAA: B2455, WUTH Ernest Magnus

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