Harold Roy MCDERMOTT

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MCDERMOTT, Harold Roy

Service Numbers:	1157, 1187
Enlisted:	18 September 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Parattah, Tasmania, Australia, 11 June 1892
Home Town:	Parattah, Southern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Parattah State SchoolTasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Horse driver/labourer
Died:	Pneumonic Influenza (Spanish Flu), Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 28 February 1919, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria
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World War 1 Service

18 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1157, 13th Infantry Battalion
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1157, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1157, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
29 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1157, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, The 4th Brigade landed at Gallipoli during the first afternoon of the campaign on 25 Apr 1915; on 29 May 1915 Roy was advancing to attack the enemy; he was shot in the lower third of his left leg, resulting in a compound fracture to his tibia and fibula.
8 Jul 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1187, 13th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Steven Figg

My great-great uncle Pte Roy Harold Figg aka McDermott 1892-c1919 of the 13th Australian Infantry Battalion. The 13th became part of the 4th Brigade when he arrived in Egypt in 1915; the 4th Brigade landed at Gallipoli during the first afternoon of the campaign on 25 Apr 1915; on 29 May 1915 Roy was advancing to attack the enemy; he was shot in the lower third of his left leg, resulting in a compound fracture to his tibia and fibula. Roy was transferred to the Deaconess’ Hospital in Alexandria, Egypt on 2 Jun 1915; he was then transferred to a hospital in Greece on 7 Jun 1915 before embarking on the hospital ship ‘Delta’ bound for England on 2 Jul 1915.

Roy spent time convalescing at a hospital in Manchester, England in mid-July 1915 and Woodcote Park, Epsom, Surrey in August 1915; even at this stage it was recommended by his doctors that he be ‘discharged as permanently unfit for war service and for service at home’; he was also admitted to the Verne Military Hospital in Portland, Dorset, England on 25 Sep 1915 and the Bulford Hospital, Wiltshire, England on 15 Oct 1915 where he was treated for gonorrhea.

Roy embarked at Portland, Dorset to return home to Australia per the transport ship ‘Runic’ on 7 Nov 1915; he arrived in Melbourne on 21 Dec 1915, almost a year to the day after his departure from Australia.

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Birth registration details - Ancestry

Name: Roy Harold Figg
Birth Date: 11 Jun 1892
Birth Place: Tasmania
Registration Year:1892
Registration Place:Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia
Father: Henry Figg
Mother:Lydia Hood
Registration Number: 1753

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