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Francis William CAVE

Regimental number1694
Place of birthBrisbane, Queensland
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 6"
Weight132 lbs
Next of kinWife, Edith Cave, Bank Street, West End, South Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date2 September 1915
Place of enlistmentChermside, Queensland
Unit name2nd Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/7/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A47 Mashobra on 4 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Light Horse Regiment
FateReturned to Australia 1 January 1919
Discharge date3 April 1919
Other details

War service: embarked 4 October 1915; taken on strength, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Sohag, 29 April 1916.

With Regiment, Romani, 4 July 1916.

Admitted to 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, 3 August 1916; transferred to 31st General Hospital, 4 August 1916 (orchitis); transferred to 1st Dermatological Hospital, Cairo, 6 August 1916 (venereal disease); discharged to Base Details, 7 August 1916 (diagnosis: non-venereal); taken on strength, 1st Light Horse Training Regiment, Moascar, 8 August 1916.

Admitted to 14th Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, 10 November 1916 (orchitis); transferred to British Red Cross Convalescent Hospital, Montazah, 12 December 1916.

Detached to School of Instruction, Zeitoun, 28 January 1917; completed 23rd Machine Gun course, with 2nd Class result; rejoined 1st Light Horse Training Regiment from detachment, 17 February 1917.

Admitted to 31st General Hospital, Port Said, 23 September 1917 (orchitis); discharged, 25 September 1917.

Joined Details Camp, Moascar, from 1st Light Horse Training Regiment, 16 March 1918.

Medical Board, 11 March 1918: classified B 2 (orchitis); defective vision, 3 June 1918.

Admitted to No s Australian Stationary Hospital, 4 September 1918 (neuralgia of testicles); discharged to duty, 26 September 1918.

Classified B 2 by Medical Board, 11 November 1918 (orchitis).

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Aeneas' (orchitis); disembarked Melbourne, 5 February 1919, awaiting first available transport to Brisbane; discharged, Brisbane, 3 April 1919.

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

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