Regimental number | 999 |
Place of birth | Renmark, South Australia |
Religion | Protestant |
Occupation | Warehouseman |
Address | Dunrobin Road, Brighton, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Height | 5' 7" |
Weight | 112 lbs |
Next of kin | Captain Lort Mansel Dakyns, Brighton, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served for 2 years as Corporal, Senior Cadets; 'unable to attend through business'. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Morphettville, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 10th Battalion, G Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/27/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 2 March 1915. Promoted Corporal, 1 July 1915. Admitted to 3rd Australian Field Ambulance, and transferred to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 19 September 1915 (diarrahoea), and transferred to HS 'Guildford Castle'; transferred to 1st Australian General Hospital, Cairo, 1 October 1915 (cardiac). Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HS 'Karoola', 4 November 1915; arrived Melbourne, 21 March 1916 (myocarditis); discharged (medically unfit), Adelaide, 21 March 1916. War service: 1 year 202 days (of which 1 year 44 days was abroad) Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Sources | NAA: B2455, DAKYNS Thomas Lort Mansel |