Regimental number | 20543 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Lutheran |
Occupation | Medical student |
Address | Prospect, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Height | 5' 8.5" |
Weight | 170 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs A Dorsch, Clifton Street, Prospect, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served for 4 years in the Senior Cadets; transferred to 19th Company, Australian Army Medical Corps, Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | Army Medical Corps, General Reinforcements |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 26/99/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board SS Gaika on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | General Service Reinforcements |
Fate | Discharged in the United Kingdom |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Caspar and Agnes DORSCH. Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance. |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Sister: Staff Nurse Gertrude Maria Othelia DORSCH, Australian Army Nursing Service, returned to Australia, 12 July 1919. |
Other details |
War service: England Embarked Adelaide, 6 August 1918; disembarked London, England, 13 October 1918. Admitted to Hurdcott Group Clearing Hospital, 21 October 1918 (influenza); discharged to Army Medical Corps Training Depot, Fovant, 4 November 1918. Found guilty, 22 November 1918, of being absent without leave from 2359, 20 November, to 2200, 21 November 1918: admonished, and forfeited 1 day's pay. Attached for duty to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 3 December 1918. Admitted sick to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 11 February 1919 (influenza); rejoined 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, on duty, 26 February 1919. Discharged from the AIF in London on being demobilised. 11 September 1919. War service: 1 year 97 days (of which 1 year 37 days was abroad) Medal: British War Medal |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 41 |
Place of burial | Loxton Cemetery, South Australia |
Sources | NAA: B2455, DORSCH Carl Emil |