Regimental number | 3408 |
Place of birth | Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Grant's Coffee Palace, Hindley Street, Adelaide, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Height | 5' 1" |
Weight | 116 lbs |
Next of kin | Grandparent, Mrs Ruth Ash, 4 Arthur Place off Surflen Street, Adelaide, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served for 8 months in the Senior Cadets. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 9th Light Horse Regiment, 29th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/14/5 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Palestine Joined Reinforcements Camp, Moascar, from Australia, 21 December 1917. Taken on strength, 3rd Light Horse Training Regiment, 16 March 1918. Detached to Soldiers' Club, Kantara, 5 April 1918. Marched in to 9th Light Horse Regiment, Ludd, 22 June 1918. Admitted to Anzac Rest Station, 22 August 1918; transferred to 66th Casualty Clearing Station, Jerusalem, 23 August 1918; transferred to 26th Casualty Clearing Station, 24 August 1918; to 47th Stationary Hospital, Gaza, 24 August 1918; to 44th Stationary Hospital, Kantara, 12 September 1918; to 14th Australian General Hospital, Port Said, 12 September 1918 (malaria); to Desert Mounted Corps Rest Camp, 4 October 1918; to 14th Australian General Hospital, 19 October 1918 (malaria); to Desert Mounted Corps Rest Camp, 27 October 1918; rejoined 9th Light Horse Regiment, 30 November 1918. Found guilty, 6 February 1919, of contravening General Routine Order 360 para. 3226, viz. being in a brothel: deprived of 14 days' pay. Rejoined 9th Light Horse Regiment, 2 July 1919. Commenced return to Australia from Kantara on board HT 'Oxfordshire', 10 July 1919; disembarked Adelaide, 10 August 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Adelaide, 3 September 1919. War service: 2 years 137 days (of which 1 year 261 days were abroad) Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 51 |
Place of burial | AIF Cemetery (Row 7, Grave 34), West Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia |
Sources | NAA: B2455, ASH Harold Leslie |