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David ERWIN

Regimental number893
Place of birthDromore, Belfast, Co Antrim, Ireland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFireman
AddressDromore, Virginia Street, Kensington, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27
Height6' 0"
Weight182 lbs
Next of kinBrother, S G Erwin, Dromore, Virginia Street, Kensington, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date31 August 1914
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name4th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 24 September 1918
Discharge date24 February 1919
Other details

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 5 April 1915.

Promoted Staff Sergeant, 7 April 1915; Lance Sergeant, 1 May 1915.

Admitted to 3rd Field Ambulance, 10 June 1915 (diarrhoea), and transferred same day to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, and thence to Fleet Sweeper HMS 'Clacton'; to HMS 'Devonshire', 19 June 1915; to No 2 Stationary Hospital, and then transferred same day to 24th Casualty Clearing Station, Mudros, 21 June 1915 (debility and diarrhoea); transferred by HMS 'Neuralia' to Alexandria, and admitted to No 1 Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 9 July 1915; discharged to duty, 24 July 1915. Admitted to Convalescent Hospital, Helouan, 30 July 1915 (diabetus and nervous debility); transferred to Base Details, Zeitoun, 21 August 1915; rejoined Bn at Gallipoli, 3 September 1915.

Remained at Anzac on Instructional Staff, 12 September 1915.

Appointed Temporary Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 3 November 1915; promoted CQMS, 17 November 1915.

Admitted to 3rd Field Ambulance, 12 December 1915 (dysentery); transferred to Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 12 December 1915; to No 1 Australian General Hospital, Cairo, 15 December 1915; to Ras el Tin Convalescent Home, 16 January 1916; rejoined Bn, Tel el Kebir, 10 February 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 23 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 30 March 1916.

Wounded in action, 26 July 1916 (gun shot wound, left arm and right leg), and admitted to 1st Australian Field Ambulance; transferred same day to 44th Casualty Clearing Station; to No 1 Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 27 July 1916; to England, 4 August 1916, and admitted to 5th Southern General Hospital, Portsmouth, 6 August 1916 (wound: slight); discharged on furlough, 5 September 1916; marched in to No 1 Command Depot, 27 September 1916.

On Command at No 2 Cadet Bn, Pembroke College, Cambridge, 5 May 1917; appointed 2nd Lieutenant, 1 September 1917.

Taken on strength, 2nd Bn, in the field in France, 25 September 1917.

Admitted to 3rd Field Ambulance, 12 December 1917 (gonnorrhoea); transferred to 39th General Hospital, Havre, 14 December 1917; discharged, 13 April 1917; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 123 days. Rejoined Bn, 20 April 1918.

Promoted Lieutenant, 1 June 1918.

Detached to School of Instruction, 14 June 1918; rejoined unit, 5 July 1918.

Marched out for return to Australia (transport duty), 14 September 1918.

Commenced return to Australia from Taranto, Italy, on board HT 'Kasir a Hind', 24 September 1918; transshipped at Suez to HT 'Devon'; embarked, 13 October 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 23 November 1918, and proceeded to New Zealand; appointment terminated (discharged), 24 February 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Re-enlisted, 3 March 1919, and embarked Sydney on board SS 'Mawatti', 11 March 1919, as Lieutenant, Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force, Reinforcement, March 1915 to May 1919.

Commenced return to Australia from Rabaul on board HT 'Melusia', 3 November 1920; disembarked Sydney, 15 November 1920; appointed terminated (discharged), Sydney, 10 December 1920.
Date of death4 March 1952

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