Regimental number | 5341 |
Place of birth | St Johns, Limerick, Ireland |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | 106 Fig Street, Pyrmont, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Height | 5' 10" |
Weight | 162 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Thomas Downey, 47 Wilson Street, Limerick, Ireland |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 17th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/34/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 17th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked, Sydney, 22 August 1916. Found guilty, 23 September 1916, of (1) breaking ship: forfeits 20 days' pay. Disembarked, Plymouth, England, 13 October 1916; marched into Rollestone, 4 November 1916; proceeded overseas to France, 13 December 1916; marched into 2nd Australain Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 14 December 1916; joined 17th Bn., 18 December 1916. Wounded in Action, 6 February 1917; rejoined Bn., 7 February 1917. Admitted to 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station (gun shot wound to the shoulder, neck and arm), 3 May 1917; to 6th General Hospital, Rouen, 4 May 1917; to England, 19 May 1917; admitted to Reading War Hospital, 20 May 1917; to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 14 August 1917. Found guilty, 18 August 1917, of (1) being absent without leave, from 3:30 pm, 14 August 1917, to 4 pm, 15 August 1917: awarded admonished; forfeits 2 days' pay. Marched out from Sutton Veny Command Depot to Longbridge Deverill, 8 November 1917; proceeded overseas to France, 1 February 1918; marched into Australian Infantry Base Depot, Havre, 2 February 1918; rejoined Bn., 7 February 1918. Admitted to 5th Casualty Clearing Station (injured), 14 July 1918; to 5th General Hospital, Rouen, 24 July 1918. Granted leave, 3 August 1918, to, 24 August 1918; marched into Australian Infantry Base Depot, Havre, 27 August 1918; rejoined Bn., 3 September 1918; proceeded on leave to U.K, from 17 January 1919, to 31 January 1919; returned from leave, 12 February 1919; marched out to England for Return To Australai, 4 April 1919; returned to Australia on board HT Nestor', Liverpool, 20 May 1919; disembarked, Sydney, 4 July 1919; discharged (demobilisation of Australian Imperial Force), Sydney, 19 September 1919. MBV. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, DOWNEY Thomas |