Difference between revisions of "Joseph William Smith"
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| Personal Information | |
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| Date of Birth | unknown Feb 1881 |
| Place of Birth | East Horndon, Essex, England |
| Death | 14 Aug 1931 |
| Place of Death | Katanning, Western Australia |
| Age at Enlistment | 36 years, 4 months |
| Description | 5' 7 1/2" (1.71m) tall; weight 158 lbs (71.7 kg); Fresh complexion, grey eyes, dark brown hair. |
| Occupation | shop assistant |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Address | Sixth road, Armadale, Western Australia |
| Next of Kin | Wife Mrs Edith May Marion Smith |
| Military Information | |
| Reg Number | 2899 |
| Date of Enlistment | 8 Oct 1916 |
| Rank | Private |
| Unit/Formation | 39th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement / 10th Brigade, 3rd Division |
| Date of Embarkation | 29 Dec 1916 - 3 Mar 1917 |
| Ship Embarked On | HMAT A34 Persic |
| Date of Return | 24 Jan 1919 - 18 Feb 1919 |
| Ship Returned On | HMHS Delta |
| Fate | Returned to Australia |
| Monument |
Armadale War Memorial (Armadale panel) Armadale and Districts Roll of Honour |
| Medals |
British War Medal Victory Medal |
Pre War
Electoral Roll entries - 1914 - 1916 Joseph William Armadale, labourer.
War Service
Found fit for service on 8 Oct 1916, but entered training at Blackboy Hill camp on 1 Nov 1916. A month later he was allocated to the 6th reinforcement for the 39th Battalion, a Victorian unit which had trained at Ballarat before going overseas.
With only minimum training, he was despatched to England. On arrival in England he spent a brief period in Sutton Manderville before being posted to the 10th Training Battalion at Durrington, and a month later [29 Apr 1917] to the 67th Battalion at Windmill Hill, Perham Downs.
Arrived in France on 19 Sep 1917, and he was taken on the strength of the 39th Battalion on 8 Oct 1917. On 29 Jun 1918 he reported ill with an infection to the 10th Australian Filed Ambulance and was passed to the 47th Casualty Clearing Station the same day. Transferred on 4 Jul 1918 to the 4th Army Convalescent Depot before rejoining the battalion on 13 Jul 1918.
Seen by the 9th Australian Field Ambulance on 31 Aug 1918, and the next day by the 61st Casualty Clearing Station, he was admitted to the 11th Stationary Hospital in Rouen with severe myalgia on 1 Sep 1918. On 5 Sep 1918 he was shipped back to England aboard HMHS Carisbrook Castle where he entered the Voluntary Aid Hospital in Cheltenham before being transferred to the 2nd Southern General Hospital in Bristol on 6 Sep 1918. Transferred again, this time to the 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital in Dartford on 28 Oct 1918, he was sent on furlough from 30 Oct - 13 Nov 1918.
Invalided home due to Myalgia, and discharged by the 5th Military District on 6 Apr 1919.
"Enlisted 1st November, 1916, and sailed with the 6th reinforcements of the 39th Battalion, 29th December, 1916."[1]
Post War
Electoral Roll entries - 1925 Armadale, shop assistant; 1936 - 1937 Seventh road, Armadale, poultry farmer; 1943 - 1949 Albany road, Armadale; 1954 at 80 Hampshire road, Victoria Park. Wife, Edith May Marion died 1956, aged 73 in the Perth metro area.
References
- ↑ "The Drill of the Foot-Hills" (PDF) (1917). Western Australia. Mar 1917. p. 7. Retrieved 16 May 2017 – via State Library of Western Australia.