AUCHETTL, Michael
| Service Number: | 2625 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1870 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 6 August 1948, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2625, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2625, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle | |
| 2 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 13 Jul 1917: | Wounded Private, 2625, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 21 Jul 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2625, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Glenunga International High School
Michael Auchettl was born in 1870 in Geelong, Victoria. He didn’t have any previous military service as he was employed as an engineer. He was married to Margaret who took his surname after marriage. She previously was from Ballarat PO. When enlisting, he put her name down for the next of kin. He didn’t have any siblings but there were four other males in the army with the last name of Auchettl. Before the war, he had a mark on the front of his abdomen which was recorded when he was enrolling.
He followed the Roman Catholic religion and his address was Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie. He was in the newspaper along with a few other men who were reported for not paying the rent of their houses. When he was leaving he was five foot eight inches and he weighed 78 kilos. He had long hair and glasses.
Michael Auchettl was enlisted in the 6th reinforcement of the 51st battalion. He embarked from Fremantle and he was on board the HMAT A23 Suffolk on 10th October 1916. HMAT A23 Suffolk was built in Portsmouth Dockyard on the 30th September 1924. His embarkation roll number was 23/68/3 and he served at the Western Front.
They were moved once (when he was in the army) to Plymouth and they reached there on the 2nd December 1916. He was injured and was moved to the basic hospital that had set up camp. The camp was near Plymouth in England. He was admitted on the 13th July 1917 and four days later he was discharged from the hospital and the army. He returned home to his wife after a few days of being released from the army.
When he returned, like many others he may have suffered from shell shock which is a psychological trauma. Shell shock is like PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) but it is caused by repetitive gun firing and it was common among soldiers. His death was unregistered and he wasn’t buried as his name wasn't found in cemeteries around Australia.