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Name:Samuel Henry Dungey
Rank:Trimmer
Birth Date:22 Jan 1885
Birth Place:Turnchapel, Plymouth
Branch of Service:Royal Naval Reserve
Cause of Death:Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action
Official Number Port Division:2883. S. Z. (Dev)
Death Date:3 Jan 1918
Ship or Unit:HM Whaler Blackwhale
Location of Grave:Not recorded
Name and Address of Cemetery:Body Not Recovered For Burial
Relatives Notified and Address:Widow: Alice M, Lower Town, Turnchapel, Devon |
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Richard James HOOPER
Regimental number 1951
Place of birth Ben Lomand, New South Wales
Religion Methodist
Occupation Farmer
Address Duri via Tamworth, New South Wales
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 28.9
Height 5' 8"
Weight 132 lbs
Next of kin Mother, Mrs E E Hooper, Duri via Tamworth, New South Wales
Previous military service Nil
Enlistment date 20 June 1915
Place of enlistment Sydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 17th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/34/2
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A54
Runic on 9 August 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Driver
Unit from Nominal Roll 17th Battalion
Fate Returned to Australia 7 July 1919
Discharge date 20 December 1919
Other details
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front
Embarked Egypt to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 4 October 1915.
Taken on strength, 17th Bn, Gallipoli, 12 October 1915.
Admitted to HS 'Carisbrook Castle', 8 January 1916 (jaundice); transferred to 21st General
Hospital, Alexandria, 11 January 1916 (dysentery); to No 2 Auxiliary Hospital,
Heliopolis, 12 January 1916; discharged to duty same day.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 March 1916; disembarked
Marseilles, France, 23 March 1916.
Mustered as Driver, 21 July 1918.
On leave to United Kingdom, 24 August 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 11 September 1918.
Marched out to England, 19 March 1919.
Granted leave from 20 March to 28 May 1919 (Non-Military Employment: shearing machines,
Wolseley Co., Birmingham).
Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Chemnitz', 7 July 1919; admitted to ship's
hospital at sea, 14 July 1919 (not yet diadnosed); discharged to duty, 19 July 129219
(catarrh); disembarked Sydney, 9 September 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment),
Sydney, 20 December 1919.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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