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Jesse DORRINGTON

Regimental number9437
Place of birthMonaghah, Ireland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMotor driver
Addressc/o GPO, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Height5' 11.5"
Weight182 lbs
Next of kinBrother, Adam Dorrington, Los Angeles, California, USA
Previous military serviceServed in the 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers, British Army; purchased discharge in 1905 having served in Africa and India.
Enlistment date23 August 1915
Place of enlistmentMarrickville, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameArmy Service Corps 15, Reinforcement 8
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/103/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 17 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal RollAWRS
FateReturned to Australia 6 September 1919
Discharge date27 December 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked, Sydney, 17 December 1915; transferred to A.P.M for duty, Zeitoun, Egypt, 13 March 1916; marched into Reinforcements from Headquarters, Tel-el-Kebir, 12 June 1916.

Embarked, Alexandria, to join the British Expeditionary Force, 2 August 1916; marched into Parkhouse Training Depot, England, 21 August 1916; promoted to Acting Corporal, 25 August 1916.

Found guilty, 28 September 1916, of (1) being absent without leave from midnight, 26 September 1916, until 8:30 am, 28 September 1916: admonished; forfeits 2 days' pay.

Detached to Codford, 16 October 1916; marched into Parkhouse Training Depot from detachment, 25 November 1916.

Found guilty, 26 January 1917, of (1) being absent without leave from 6:00 am, 25 January 1917, until 4:20 pm, 25 January 1917: forfeits 1 day's pay.

Proceeded overseas to France via Folkestone, 9 February 1917; marched into BMTD, Rouen, 12 February 1917; transferred to 1st Australian Divisional Supply Column, 20 February 1917; taken on strength of 1st Divisional Supply Column, 21 February 1917.

Found guilty, 24 April 1917, of (1) being drunk on, 23 April 1917; (2) creating a disturbance: awarded 21 days' Field Punishment No. 2; fined 3 days' pay.

Attached to 17th Anzac Light Railway Operating Company, 11 June 1917; rejoined unit from attachment, 9 September 1917.

Admitted to 138th Field Ambulance (bronchitis), 22 September 1917; to 41st Divisional Rest Station, 22 September 1917; to 10th General Hospital, 24 September 1917; to 2nd Convalescent Depot, 26 September 1917; marched into 1st BMTD, 26 September 1917.

Found guilty, 2 October 1917, of (1) being absent off paper pass from 9:15 pm, 29 September 1917, until reporting himself to his section sergeant at 8:30 pm, 1 October 1917: awarded 7 days' detention; forfeits 8 days' pay.

Taken on strength of 6th Field Artillery Brigade, 2 November 1917; on leave to the United Kingdom, 15 November 1917.

Found guilty, London, 31 December 1917, of (1) being absent without leave from, 30 November 1917, until, 28 December 1917; (2) paraded sick with venereal disease: remanded for District General Court Martial and sent to Hospital.

Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital (venereal disease) while on leave, Bulford, England, 31 December 1917; discharged under escort, 25 January 1918, total period of treatment for venereal disease: 26 days.

Admitted to Lewes Detention Barracks, Sussex, 19 February 1918.

District General Court Martial held at Warwick Square, London, 13 February 1918, charges: (1) in the field absence without leave in that he on, 1 December 1917, failed to report to his unit in the field as it was his duty to do and remained absent without leave until he reported himself to his unit on, 7 December 1917; (2) in the field, 11 February 1917, when on active service deserting His Majesty's Service in that he on, 11 February 1917, when under open arrest absented himself without leave from his unit in the field until surrendering himself to the Military in London on, 28 December 1917; findings: guilty of the 1st charge; not guilty of the 2nd charge but guilty of being absent without leave; sentence: 6 months' detention; forfeiture of 255 days' pay.

Discharged from Lewes Detention Barracks to Overseas Training Brigade, 21 May 1918, unexpired portion of sentence (74 days') remitted; proceeded overseas to France via Folkestone, 30 May 1918; marched into to Australian General Base Depot, Havre, France, 1 June 1918; marched out to unit, 8 June 1918; detached to 6th Australian Military Transport Company, 9 June 1918; returned from detachment, 28 June 1918; marched into Australian General Base Depot, Havre, 29 June 1918.

Found guilty, 26 July 1918, of (1) being absent from camp from, 8 am, until reporting himself at 4 pm, 25 July 1918: forfeits 11 days' pay.

Transferred to and taken on strength of Australian Employment Company, 7 August 1918; attached to 3rd Sub Section for duty, 15 August 1918; marched out to Australian Divisional Base Depot, Havre, 22 December 1918; marched out to England, 23 December 9118; marched into Weymouth Command Depot, England, 23 December 9118; marched out to Perham Downs Command Depot, 5 February 1919; marched into Weymouth Command Depot, 19 May 1919; marched out to Sutton Veny Command Depot, 13 August 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Euripides', 3 September 1919; disembarked, Sydney, 24 October 1919; discharged, Sydney, 27 December 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, DORRINGTON Jesse

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