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McNeill Norman Frederick
New Zealander Private 44th Bn. Australian Infantry 26 Auckland, New Zealand 27 march 1917 Son of John and Ida McNeill, of 8, Frogmore St., Leederville, Western Australia Single Coolgardie Public School , Western Australia Baker 5'7" = 1.70m 148 lbs = 67.1 kg Fair complexion Light brown Grey Mole on right side of nose Presbyterian Berks Cemetery Extension Plot I , Row C , Stone 21 |
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4 january 1916 1 february 1916 6 june 1916 21 july 1916 23 august 1916 23 august 1916 1 september 1916 2 september 1916 25 november 1916 27 march 1917 |
Enlisted at Perth and posted to the 42nd Depot Transferred to 'A' Coy. 65th Bn. AIF Embarked at Fremantle per HMAT ' Suevic' Disembarked at Plymouth , England Transferred to the 44th Bn. AIF Transferred to the 11th Infantry Brigade, Trench Mortar Battery Marched out to the 44th Bn. AIF Offence : Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline in as much as he appeared unshaven at Parade Award : 7 days confined to barracks Proceeded to France via Southampton Killed in action An eye witness account of his death by Pvte. Martin Rupert , 44th Bn. AIF ' The Battalion was in supports (Hunters Avenue) at Ploegsteert He had been killed , while sitting in a dug-out with 5 or 6 other men, by a shell which blew out the whole side of his body. Death ensued in a very few minutes.' |
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Mellowship William Benjamin
Australian Private 44th Bn. Australian Infantry Albany , Western Australia 28 march 1917 Husband of Clarinda Mellowship , 195 Colin Street , West Perth Horse driver 5'4" = 1.62m 121 lbs = 54.8 kg Fresh complexion Light brown Grey None Methodist Berks Cemetery Extension Plot I , Row C , Stone 23 |
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Military footsteps
19 january 1916 1 february 1916 6 june 1916 21 july 1916 25 november 1916 12 january 1917 13 january 1917 2 february 1917 6 february 1917 28 march 1917 |
Enlisted in Perth and posted to the 45th Depot Battalion Transferred to 'C' Coy. 44th Bn. AIF Embarked , per HMAT 'Suevic' , at Fremantle Disembarked at Plymouth , England Proceeded to France via Southampton Admitted to the 10th Australian Field Ambulance with mumps Transferred to the 7th General Hospital at St. Omer Discharged to Base Depot Rejoined unit in the field Killed in action |
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Morton Charles William
British Private 43rd Bn. Australian Infantry 22 Bristol , England 23 april 1917 Son of Charles William and Mary Jane Morton, of 65, George St., Clarence Park, South Australia Single Mina Road School , Bristol , England Grocer 5'9" = 1.75m 134 lbs = 60.7 kg Fair complexion Fair Blue None Church of England Berks Cemetery Extension Plot I , Row K , Stone 23 |
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1 february 1916 15 february 1916 7 march 1916 9 june 1916 20 july 1916 23 april 1917 |
Enlisted at Adelaide and posted to 'E' Coy. 2nd Depot Battalion Transferred to 'C' Coy. 1st Depot Battalion Transferred to 'C' Coy. 43rd Bn. AIF Embarked , per HMAT ' Afric' at Outer Harbor , Adelaide Disembarked at Marseille , France Killed in action |
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Murphy John
Australian Private 24th Bn. Australian Infantry 31 Brunswick , Victoria 15 march 1918 Son of the late Michal and Anastatasia Murphy Husband of Margaret Murphy of 6 Munro St., West Brunswick, Victoria Australia. West Brunswick State School , Victoria Labourer 5'7" = 1.70m 10 stone = 63.5 kg Fresh complexion Dark Blue Scars on light fore arm and left foot Roman Catholic Berks Cemetery Extension Plot II , Row A , Stone 8 |
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25 september 1915 27 september 1915 9 november 1915 2 december 1915 5 january 1916 14 march 1916 17 march 1916 20 march 1916 26 march 1916 22 april 1916 20 november 1916 22 november 1916 24 november 1916 26 november 1916 24 january 1917 2 march 1917 17 march 1917 5 april 1917 8 april 1917 25 april 1917 21 august 1917 10 september 1917 11 september 1917 20 september 1917 4 october 1917 5 october 1917 11 october 1917 15 october 1917 17 december 1917 31 december 1917 1 january 1918 12 january 1918 1 february 1918 2 february 1918 4 february 1918 7 february 1918 15 march 1918 |
Enlisted at Melbourne Posted to the 23rd Depot Battalion , Royal Park Transferred to the 5th Depot Battalion , Seymour Transferred to the 8th Coy. 23rd Reinforcements ,24th Bn. AIF , Broadmeadows Embarked at Melbourne per HMAT ' Afric' Allotted and proceeded to join the 24th Bn. AIF at Zeitoun , Egypt Taken on strength at Moascar , Egypt Embarked at Alexandria , Egypt Disembarked at Marseille , France Offence : Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline in line at Fleurbaix 20 april 1916 having a dirty bayonet Award : 4 days confined to barracks Admitted with trench feet to the Casualty Clearing Station and transferred the same day to the Train Ambulance Admitted to the 12th General Hospital at Rouen , France Embarked Hospital Ship ' Western Australia' for England Admitted to the 3rd West General Hospital Transferred to the 3rd Auxiliary Hospital at Dartford Discharged to furlough To report to N°4 Command Depot, Wareham Marched in Drafting Depot , Perham Downs ex Wareham Marched out to 6 Camp , Perham Downs Marched out to 66th Bn. AIF 17th Brigade , Windmill Hill Transferred to the 24th Bn. AIF Proceeded to France , via Southampton Marched in 2nd Australian Divisional Base Depot at Le Havre Taken on strength 24th Bn . AIF in the field Wounded in action Admitted to the 3rd Australian Field Ambulance with shrapnel wounds to the left fore arm and leg Transferred to the 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station and the to the Ambulance Train Admitted to the 11th General Hospital at Camiers Embarked for England Admitted to the 5th Southern General Hospital , Portsmouth Discharged to furlough To report to N°1 Command Depot Marched in Sutton Veny Marched out to Overseas Training Brigade Proceeded to France via Southampton Marched in Australian Infantry Depot , Le Havre Proceeded to join unit Rejoined 24th Bn. AIF in the field Killed in action Eye-witness account by Pvte. Pickering A. 23rd Bn. AIF ' I saw him killed by a shell whilst we were on a fatigue in the front line at Warneton. He was taken back by a party from the company for burial.' |
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West Brunswick State School ca.1900
HMAT 'Afric'
Hospital Ship Western Australia
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