Matthew Miller (Matt) COLQUHOUN

COLQUHOUN, Matthew Miller

    Service Numbers: 1530, 1430
    Enlisted: 7 December 1914, Liverpool, NSW - 3rd Reinforcements 13th Infantry Battalion
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
    Born: West Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1891
    Home Town: Wallsend, Newcastle, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Miner
    Died: Pulmonary tuberculosis, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 22 October 1943, aged 52 years
    Cemetery: Botany General Cemetery, New South Wales
    Presbyterian Cemetery Botany
    Memorials: Minmi Roll of Honour, Minmi St Andrew's Church Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    7 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW - 3rd Reinforcements 13th Infantry Battalion
    11 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 1430, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
    11 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 1430, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Undertook defensive operations to establish ANZACs on the narrow beachhead that had been captured on the peninsula
    20 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Dardanelles - remained in bivouac
    20 Jun 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Transfer to hospital Mudros [Island of Lemnos]
    24 Dec 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Rejoined Battalion Mudros [Island of Lemnos]
    24 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Lemnos / Disembarked Alexandria, Egypt 3/1/1916 to Tel el Kebir training camp Egypt [between Cairo and the Suez Canal]
    1 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, British Expeditionary Force [BEF] - Embarked Alexandria / Disembarked Marseilles 8/6/1916
    29 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Bayonet wound right ankle (severe)
    4 Sep 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, Embarked H.S. 'Panama' / Le Havre for England - admitted Welsh Metropolitan War Hospital, Glamorgan 5/9/16
    10 Jan 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Southampton for France - 11/1/18 marched in Le Havre 13/1/18 marched out to unit 26/1/18 rejoined unit
    18 Sep 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, GSW left shoulder & GSW left forearm (severe) - 19/9/1918 admitted No.12 General Hospital Rouen
    21 Sep 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, Embarked France on H.S. 'Carsbrook Castle' - invalided UK to No.3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford
    3 Jan 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, Return to Australia Hospital Transport 'Orontes' for GSW left forearm
    3 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1530, 13th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 2 M.D. Medically Unfit

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