Regimental number | 2135 |
Place of birth | Limerick, Ireland |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Combanning, Temora, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 27 |
Height | 5' 9" |
Weight | 166 lbs |
Next of kin | friend, Miss Catherine Hukins, Combanning, Temora, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 1st Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/18/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A63 Karoola on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in Hobart Garden of Remembrance |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Embarked Sydney, 16 June 1915; taken on strength of Bn, Gallipoli Peninsula, 6 August 1915; marched in to Alexandria, Egypt, 28 December 1915. Proceeded to join the British Expeditionary Force, 22 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 28 March 1916. Admitted to 1st Australian Field Ambulance, 11 May 1916 (bronchitis); transferred to 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, 12 May 1916; to 26th General Hospital, Etaples, 17 May 1916; to England, 10 June 1916; admitted to Chatham Hospital, England, 11 June 1916; transferred to 1st Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 24 June 1916. Marched in, from hospital, to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 3 August 1916; loss of kit, 9 September 1916. commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Wiltshire', from Portland, 12 November 1916; disembarked Sydney, 3 January 1917; discharged, 6 February 1917 (medically unfit: chronic bronchitis and emphysema). Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Sources | NAA: B2455, DOYLE James Joseph |