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Lewis James CLINCH

Regimental number2475
Place of birthLondon, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressCasino, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Height5' 10"
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinFather, Herbert Chuch, 40 Valentines Road, Ilford, Essex, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date26 April 1915
Place of enlistmentCasino, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 20 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Trench Mortar Battery
FateDischarged 20 March 1919
Discharge date20 March 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Joined unit, Mudros, 18 November 1915.

Admitted to 2nd Field Ambulance, Lemnos, 8 December 1915 (mumps), and transferred to 18th Stationary Hospital, and then to 5th Australian General Hospital, Lemnos, 8 December 1915.

Promoted Corporal, 4 December 1915.

Discharged to duty, and rejoined unit, 23 December 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria from Mudros, 4 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 27 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 3 April 1916.

Transferred to 3rd Trench Mortar Battery, 8 May 1916.

Admitted to 9th Red Cross Hospital, Calais, 22 May 1916 (appendicitis); transferred to England, 24 May 1916, and admitted to Northamptonshire War Hospital, 25 May 1916.

Treated for varicose veins, 26 July 1916; marched in to No 1 Command Depot, 27 November 1916.

On furlough, 9 November 1916; marched in to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, from furlough, 24 November 1916.

Marched in to Drafting Depot, Perham Downs, 5 April 1917.

Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 28 June 1918 (syphilis); discharged, 1 July 1918; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 4 days.

Marched in to Overseas Training Brigade, Longbridge Deverill, 11 November 1918.

Discharged (medically unfit: cardiac dilation; valvular dilation of the heart)from the AIF in London, 20 March 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, CLINCH Lewis James

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