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Allan Clifton ROSE

Regimental number64283
Date of birth10 October 1899
Place of birthCapel, Western Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSchool teacher
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18.8
Height5' 10.5"
Weight175 lbs
Next of kinFather, Samuel Clifton Rose, Capel, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets.
Enlistment date27 June 1918
Place of enlistmentBunbury, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th General Service Reinforcements, Western Australia (Egypt)
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Albany, Western Australia, on board SS Port Darwin on 19 September 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Light Horse Regiment
FateReturned to Australia 29 April 1919
Discharge date20 June 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt

Embarked Albany, 19 September 1918; disembarked Suez, 19 October 1918.

Admitted to 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, Moascar, 30 January 1919 (measles); discharged to duty, 8 February 1919.

Taken on strength, 15th Light Horse Regiment, 25 March 1919.

Admitted to 26th Stationary Hospital, Ismailia, 30 March 1919 (accidentally injured right hand: fractured metacarpal); transferred to 14th Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, 2 April 1919.

Commenced return to Australia from Port Said on board HT 'Dorset', 29 April 1919; disembarked Fremantle, 4 June 1919; discharged (medically unfit), Perth, 20 June 1919.

Medal: British War Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName does not appear on Embarkation Roll.
SourcesNAA: B2455, ROSE Allan Clifton

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