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Herbert John CARNEY

Regimental number14541
Place of birthNewtown, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationJeweller
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation32
Height5' 3.5"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinWife, Lottie Carney, 43 Spencer Road, Mt Edward Hills, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date5 February 1917
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Unit nameAustralian Army Service Corps, 1st Anzac Mounted Division, 11th Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 3 September 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Mounted Division Train
FateReturned to Australia 15 June 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date28 August 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Palestine

Embarked disembarked Suez, 19 October 1917.

Tried by Field General Court Martial, Selmeh, 14 April 1918, on charge of when on Active Service committing a civil offence, that is to say, common assault in that he near Belah in Palestine on 31st March 1918 assaulted No 1786 Second corporal Williams C.P., Telegraph Construction Section, Royal Engineers, by striking hom on the face: pleaded 'Not Guilty'; found 'Guilty': awarded 42 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited a total of £17.14.0 pay.

Admitted to 31st General Hospital, Abbassia, 17 August 1918 (jaundice); transferred to Boulac Convalescent Depot, 29 September 1918; discharged to duty, 4 October 1918.

Admitted to 2nd Stationary Hospital, 22 October 1918 (influenza); transferred to Rest Camp, Port Said, 29 October 1918; discharged to duty, 7 November 1918.

Commenced return to Australia from Kantara on board HT 'Essex', 15 June 1919; disembarked Sydney, 28 July 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), 28 August 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName does not appear on Embarkation Roll.
Date of death7 December 1951
SourcesNAA: B2455, CARNEY Herbert John

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