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Alexander TOLEMAN

Regimental number5494
Place of birthNoorat, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressNoorat, Victoria
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 7.75"
Weight164 lbs
Next of kinFather, John Toleman
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date12 November 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll12 November 1914
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Unit nameLight Horse Brigade Train 3, Reinforcement 2 (12th Company, Australian Army Service Corps)
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A51 Chilka on 2 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Light Horse Regiment
FateReturned to Australia 17 July 1919
Discharge date25 November 1919
Family/military connectionsCousins: [2218] 2nd Lt Kenneth TOLEMAN, 46th Bn, died of wounds, 13 October 1916; 923 Pte William TOLEMAN, 8th Light Horse Regiment, killed in action, 7 August 1915; 258 Sergeant William TOLEMAN, 23rd Bn, returned to Australia, 31 July 1918; 6415 Pte William George OBORNE, 22nd Bn, killed in action, 4 October 1917.
Other details

War service: embarked, 25 February 1915.

Transferred to 9th Light Horse Regiment, Serapeum, 29 March 1916.

Found guilty, 24 May 1916, of wilfully destroying Govt. property: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2, and stoppage of 2/- pay, the value of the property destroyed.

Relinquished appointment of Driver at own request.

Admitted to Port Said Rest Camp, 17 June 1918; rejoined unit, 1 July 1918.

Admitted to Anzac Rec. Station, Jordan Valley, 22 August 1918; transferred to 66th Casualty Clearing Station, Jerusalem, 27 August 1918; to 47th Stationary Hospital, Gaza, 29 August 1918; to 24th Stationary Hospital, Kantara, 30 August 1918; to 14th Australian General Hospital, 30 August 1918 (malaria); discharged, 3 October 1918, and granted 14 days' leave; leave extended by 7 days, 17 October 1918.

Rejoined 9th Light Horse Regiment, 18 November 1918.

Admitted to 26th Stationary Hospital, 7 March 1919 (malaria); discharged to duty, 18 March 1919.

Admitted to 26th Stationary Hospital, Moascar, 24 April 1919 (malaria); transferred to 14th Australian General Hospital, 6 May 1919; to Port Said Rest Camp, 18 May 1919.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board 'Dunluce Castle', 17 July 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 26 August 1919; discharged (medically unfit), 25 November 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName does not appear on Embarkation Roll.
SourcesNAA: B2455, TOLEMAN Alexander

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