Regimental number | 1086 |
Place of birth | Newry, Co Down, Ireland |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Roseville, Newstead, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Height | 5' 3.5" |
Weight | 154 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Mary Anne Jones, Roseville, Newstead, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 35th Battalion, D Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/52/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 53rd Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Sydney, 1 May 1916; found guilty at sea, 25 May 1916, of drunkenness: fined 10/-; disembarked Plymouth, England, 9 July 1916. Found guilty of being absent without leave, 25-26 July 1916: awarded 14 days confined to barracks; forfeited 2 days' pay. Found guilty, 1 August 1916, of being drunk in lines in 3A Camp and wilfully damaging property by breaking two panels in door of Detention Room: awarded 28 days' Field Punishment No 2 and to pay 6/- for damage done. Proceeded overseas to France, 30 September 1916; taken on strength, 53rd Bn, 13 October 1916. Wounded in action, 31 January 1917, and admitted to 4th Australian Field Ambulance (gun shot wound, left leg, right foot); transferred to 1st South Midland Division Casualty Clearing Station, 1 February 1917; by 15th Ambulance Train, 2 February, to 11th Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 3 February 1917; to England, 24 February 1917, and admitted to Woking Military Hospital, 26 February 1917 (gun shot wounds, severe); to No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 10 August 1917; discharged on furlough, 20 August 1917, to report to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 3 September 1917. Commenced return to Australia on board 'Borda', 26 September 1917; disembarked Melbourne, 21 November 1917; discharged, 18 March 1918. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal Medals notation on file marked 'Returned unclaimed', 13 May 1924. |
Date of death | |
Sources | NAA: B2455, COLGAN Richard Henry |