Hubert James RILEY

RILEY, Hubert James

Service Numbers: 5684, V15826
Enlisted: 13 May 1916, Enlisted with the 21st battalion / 15th reinforcements – 13.5.16 – AIF. Ballarat
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: POW & Internment Camps - Victoria
Born: Edenhope, Victoria, Australia, 7 May 1888
Home Town: Edenhope, West Wimmera, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: labourer
Died: Natural causes, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, 22 June 1975, aged 87 years
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
Cremation- 25 Jun 1975
Memorials: Edenhope War Memorial, Kowree Shire Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

13 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, 5684, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted with the 21st battalion / 15th reinforcements – 13.5.16 – AIF. Ballarat
25 Sep 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5684, 21st Infantry Battalion
25 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 5684, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 5684, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
25 Sep 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5684, 21st Infantry Battalion, Embarked HMAT Shropshire 25.9.1916, disembarked Plymouth, England 11.11.1916. Embarked Princess Henrietta, Folkstone to France. Taken on strength, Western front.
4 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5684, 21st Infantry Battalion, 4.10.1917 - Gunshot wound chest – casualty in the field - admitted to no. 18 general hospital, Camiers, France
9 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5684, 21st Infantry Battalion, 9.4.1918 – gunshot wound to left arm - casualty in the field-admitted to no. 3 general hospital, Le Tréport – then on the 19.4.1918 travelled on the Guilford castle hospital ship and admitted to the Norfolk war hospital, England.
24 Jun 1919: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 21st Infantry Battalion, Promoted to T. Corporal - Army Ordnance Corps

World War 2 Service

9 Jun 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, V15826
10 Jun 1941: Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), V15826, POW & Internment Camps - Victoria, posted at the Murchison Camp and also at TATURA 19 POW camp
3 Nov 1944: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, POW & Internment Camps - Victoria, Promoted to corporal - Australian Military Forces (Army WW2) POW & Interment Camps – Victoria

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