Regimental number | 2779 |
Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Plumber |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Height | 5' 7.75" |
Weight | 142 lbs |
Next of kin | Sister, J.F. Amodeo, Ardmore Road, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 3rd Battalion, 9th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/20/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Date of death | |
Age at death from cemetery records | 29 |
Place of burial | Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row fF Grave No. 8), Fouilloy, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 35 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Frank and Jane AMODEO |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength, 3rd Bn, Tel el Kebir, 6 January 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 23 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France (stowaway), 30 March 1916. Found guilty, 4 April 1916, of being absent without leave from 1300, 22 March, to 1600, 23 March 1916: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited 2 days' pay. Admitted to 1st Australian Field Ambulance, 28 August 1916 (defective teeth), and transferred to 10th Casualty Clearing Station (no subsequent details of discharge to duty recorded). On leave to United Kingdom, 17 January 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 7 February 1917. Admitted to 1st Australian field Ambulance, 20 February 1917, and transferred to Divisional rest Station; to England, 22 March 1917 (acute appendicitis), and admitted to 3rd Southern General Hospital, 23 March 1917; transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 18 April 1917; discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 14 May 1917. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, AMODEO Alphonsus Stephen |