Lionel Obeithio SARGENT MiD

SARGENT, Lionel Obeithio

Service Number: 1313
Enlisted: 10 September 1914, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, HAREFIELD
Born: York, Western Australia, 28 January 1888
Home Town: York, York, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Chemist
Memorials: York District Great War Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

10 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1313, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
30 Dec 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 1313, 4th Field Ambulance, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
30 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 1313, 4th Field Ambulance, HMAT Ajana, Fremantle
28 Jan 1916: Honoured Mention in Dispatches
1 Jun 1917: Honoured Mention in Dispatches
15 Jun 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, HAREFIELD
13 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1313, 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, HAREFIELD

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Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan

2nd WIFE:  Sister Alice Beatrice WILLIAMS  -  Voluntary Aid Detachment

Born 1889 at Box Hill, Victoria

Father William WILLIAMS and Mother Lousia Alice (nee WALTERS)
they lived at Claremont, Western Australia

Alice was appointed to one of the smaller Military Hospitals in Farnham, England in 1915

15/11/1919  embarked for Australia (NSW) onboard 'Ormonde'

1926            Married 1313 Lieutenant Lionel Obeithio SARGENT in Sorrento, WA

Her husband, a chemist had previously been married to her sister Lillian who died in 1924.

Last lived at Maylands, WA

22/06/1955   Alice passed away in Western Australia - 65 years young
buried in:      Karrakatta Cemetery

Submitted by Julianne T Ryan.  28/01/2017.  Lest we forget.

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