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Robert Desmond PIESLEY

Regimental number3296
Place of birthBombala, New South Wales
Other NamesPEISLEY, Robert Desmond
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationButcher
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 3"
Weight123 lbs
Next of kinFather, Dr George Piesley, Cronulla, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date19 January 1916
Place of enlistmentCasula, New South Wales
Unit name30th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 2 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll30th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 31 October 1917
Discharge date25 February 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 2 April 1916; disembarked Suez, 9 June 1916.

Admitted to 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, 12 July 1916 (venereal disease: gonorrhoea); transferred to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Abbassia, 12 July 1916; discharged to Details, 24 July 1916; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 14 days

Embarked Suez, 2 August 1916; disembarked England, date not recorded; marched in to 8th Training Bn, Larkhill, 22 August 1916.

Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, 22 August 1916; discharged, 26 September 1916; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 36 days.

Found guilty, 11 November 1916, of overstaying leave from 2400, 26 October, to 0800, 9 November 1916: awarded 14 days confined to camp, and forfeited 42 days' pay.

Found guilty, 22 November 1916, of not answering Defaulters' Call, 6.45, 19 November, to 21 November 1916: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Proceeded overseas to France, 5 December 1916.

Admitted to 51st General Hospital, Etaples, 8 December 1916 (venereal disease: gonorrhoea); discharged to 5th Division Base Depot, 29 December 1916; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 22 days.

Taken on strength, 30th Bn, 6 January 1917.

Admitted to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, 16 June 1917, and transferred to Ambulance Train; admitted to 3rd Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 17 June 1917 (nephritis); transferred to England, 20 June 1917, and admitted to Temporary Hospital, Exeter, 22 June 1917 (nephritis: slight); discharged on furlough, 7 August 1917, to report to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 21 August 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Berrima', 31 October 1917; disembarked Melbourne, 30 December 1917, for onward overland travel to Sydney; discharged (medically unfit: bronchitis), Sydney, 25 February 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, PIESLEY Robert Desmond

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