his service records are online.
Interestingly he attested in 22/5/1909. He said he was 23 & a miner from Woodstock Australia.
He was 5' 51/2" tall & a Roman Catholic & weighed in at 128 lbs.
He confirms his parents as being John (deceased) & Lucy.
1 brother Richard aged 30 of Australia.
1 sister Florence Toomey 34 of Chalder St. Marrickville Sydney.
His widow Florence of 144 Clonmore St. Southfields S.W.18 (1916) who received his 14/15 Star & his death plaque in 1919 when she was living at 127 Lavenham Rd. Southfields Wandsworth.
& daughter Queenie b.5/6/1916.
His military record is as follows;
22/5/09 attested 2nd. Batt. Cheshire Regt. 7 years under the Colours + 5 on reserve.
26/5/09 posted to depot.
22/10/09 posted to 1st. Batt.
23/10/09 posted to Belfast to 5/12/10.
6/12/10 posted to 2nd. Batt. & embarked to India until 18/11/14.
25/5/11 receives 1st. Good Conduct Badge.
9/7/12 contracts malaria Jubbulpore India.
6/3/14 promoted to L/cpl.
22/5/14 receives 2nd. G.C.B.
24/12/14 arrived back in the UK.
16/1/15 embarked to France.
17/1/15 promoted to Acting Cpl.
3/2/15 promoted to Cpl.
26/4/15 received gun shot wound to right elbow.
29/4/15 gun shot wound to left shoulder.
3/5/15 gun shot wound to back.
4/5/15 arrived back in the UK & posted to depot.
13/5/15 caught German measles.
21/6/15 posted to 3rd. Batt.
16/9/15 reverted to Pte.
22/9/15 posted to MEF.
8/12/15 promoted to Acting Cpl.
14/2/16 embarked from Port Said.
21/2/16 promoted to Cpl.
28/2/16 disembarked at Basra.
7/4/16 gun shot wound to right shoulder.
18/5/16 admitted to hospital died of Cholera same day.
Extra info;
Mother Lucy Marshall
Brothers Arthur ( 559 Illawana ? Rd. William & Herbert of Sydney.
Married Florence Eliza Annie Holloway 22/8/15 St. Paul's Wimbledon.(awarded 15/6d p.w. widow's pension 4/12/16).
16/3/21 now Mrs. Sullivan receives his B.W.M. living 127 Lavenham Rd.
From the Long,Long Trail;
2nd Battalion
August 1914 : in Jubbulpore, India. Returned to England, landing at Devonport on 24 December 1914.
Came under orders of 84th Brigade, 28th Division, at Winchester. Landed at Le Havre 17 January 1915.
Moved in October 1915 to Egypt and then on to Salonika.
12 January 1916 : the 1st Manx (Service) Company joined and became 'A' Company.
28th. Div. 1915:
The Second Battle of Ypres, as it is known in British military history, encompassed four battles in the northern sector of the Ypres Salient. The first of these began on 22nd April 1915 as a surprise attack by the German 4th Army on the French sector of the Allied Front Line.
This attack witnessed the first use of a new German weapon on the Western Front: a cloud of poisonous gas. Its deadly effect was carried on a gentle breeze towards French troops and as a result of its devastating effect on the French the German infantry made a significant advance into Allied territory within a few hours.
During the following four weeks after the surprise gas cloud attack the Allied Forces of Belgium, France and Britain fought to hold off the successful German advance and to regain the ground that had been lost north of Ypres. The battle ended on 25th May 1915.
He must have received his first 3 wounds here.
His 4th. wound will have been at one of these battles:
◦The Battles of the Hanna and Fallahiyeh (5 - 8 April 1916)
◦The Battles of Bait Aisa and Sannaiyat (7 - 22 April 1916)
