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Albert Edward FALVEY

Regimental number679
Place of birthKensington, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationHorse trainer
Address24 Grenfell Street, Kent Town, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation37
Height5' 2"
Weight120 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Amelia Augusta Falvey, 24 Grenfell Street, Kent Town, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date12 August 1915
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit name32nd Battalion, Transport Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A13 Katuna on 11 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 28 March 1919
Discharge date21 July 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Adelaide, 11 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 10 December 1915.

Admitted to No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital, Ismailia, 30 January 1916 (deafness); transferred to No 4 Hospital Train, 1 February 1916; to No 2 Australian General Hospital, Ghezrieh, 1 February 1916; to No 3 Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 16 February 1916; to Overseas Base, Ghezireh, 18 February 1916.

Marched out of Overseas Base, 5 March 1916; taken on strength of 32nd Bn, Tel el Kebir, 5 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

On command (transport), Abbeville, 1 July 1916; rejoined unit, 4 July 1916.

Admitted to No 8 Field Ambulance, 25 July 1916 (bronchitis); transferred to No 5 Divisional Rest Station, 27 July 1916 (scarlet fever); to No 1 Australian Casualty Clearing, 28 July 1916; to No 35 General Hospital, Calais, 31 July 1916; to No 14 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 2 August 1916; embarked for England, 6 September 1916; to Dunston War Hospital, Northampton, 8 September 1916 (scarlet fever, slight); to No 3 Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 25 October 1916 (debility following scarlet fever, slight); discharged to furlough, 1 November 1916.

Marched into No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 18 November 1916.

Marched out to No 4 Command Depot, Wareham, 20 November 1916.

Marched out of No 4 Command Depot, Wareham, and into No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 3 March 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 15 March 1917; marched in 5th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 16 March 1917.

Marched out to unit, 4 April 1917; rejoined 32nd Bn, 6 April 1917.

On leave to the United Kingdom, 9 March 1918; rejoined unit, 26 March 1918.

Wounded in action, 18 June 1918; admitted to No 15 Field Ambulance, 18 June 1916, and discharged to duty the same day (shrapnel wound, face).

Proceeded to England for return to Australia, 14 January 1919; marched into No 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 21 January 1919.

Commenced return to Australia from Cardiff on board HMAT 'Port Macquarie', 28 March 1919.

Admitted to Ship's Hospital, 5 April 1919 (not yet diagnosed); discharged to duty, 17 April 1919 (peritonitis).

Disembarked Adelaide, 21 May 1919.

Admitted to No 7 Australian General Hospital, Keswick, 22 May 1919 (peritonitis); discharged, 25 May 1919.

Discharged Adelaide (medically unfit), 21 July 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death18 March 1938 Death not attributed to war service.
SourcesNAA: B2455, FALVEY Albert Edward

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