Regimental number | 4088 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Broken Hill, New South Wales |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Miner |
Address | South Broken Hill, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs B Denihan, Boughtman Street, South Broken Hill, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | No 4 Tunnelling Company and 1st Reinforcements (May 1916) |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 16/13/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Tunnelling Company |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked from Melbourne, 25 May 1916; disembarked Plymouth, 18 July 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 28 August 1916; taken on strength, 2nd Tunnelling Company, 29 September 1916. Found guilty of being drunk and violently resisting Military Police, 22 May 1917: awarded 15 days' Field Punishment No. 2 and fined three pounds 15 shillings. Found guilty of drunkenness, 10 July 1917: awarded 20 days' Field Punishment No. 2 and fined five pounds. Wounded in action, 29 September 1918 (gun shot wound, left foot); transferred to England and admitted to 2nd Southern General Hospital, Bristol; discharged from hospital, 15 January 1919. Commenced return to Australia on board 'City of Exeter', 15 January 1919. Disembarked Pt Said, Egypt. Found guilty, 18 April 1919, of being absent from his post and of creating a disturbance: awarded 14 days' Field Punishment No. 2. Re-embarked on board 'Dorset', 29 April 1919, after 54 days' treatment for venereal disease. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |