Reginald Frederick Corbett SOUTHAM

SOUTHAM, Reginald Frederick Corbett

    Service Number: 8872
    Enlisted: 4 August 1915, 14th Reinforcements Age 19 & 8 months, enlisted with the consent of both parents.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 13th Field Ambulance
    Born: Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, 10 December 1895
    Home Town: Armadale, Stonnington, Victoria
    Occupation: Warehouseman
    Died: Natural causes, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 24 August 1999, aged 103 years
    Cemetery: Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania
    PLOT Cremation Memorials, Northern Wall, L3, 1 - AIF plaque - "A loved husband, father, grandfather & great-grandfather"

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    World War 1 Service

    4 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8872, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, 14th Reinforcements Age 19 & 8 months, enlisted with the consent of both parents.
    20 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 8872, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, HMAT Runic, Sydney
    20 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 8872, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
    8 Mar 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 8872, 15th Field Ambulance, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, Reported for temporary duty to 1st Auxiliary Hospital at Heliopolis
    6 May 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 8872, 15th Field Ambulance, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, Ferry Post, Suez, Egypt
    29 Jul 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 8872, 15th Field Ambulance, Embarked Alexandria, Egypt, per "Arcadian" for "overseas".
    21 Aug 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 8872, 15th Field Ambulance, Embarked "Invicta", proceeded overseas for Boulogne, France
    13 Sep 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Field Ambulance, joined 13th Field Ambulance from 15th Field Ambulance/reinforcements
    30 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 8872, 13th Field Ambulance, Mustard Gas attack
    5 Apr 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 8872, 13th Field Ambulance, HMAT A30 Borda Return to Australia for 6 months furlough. Arrived Melbourne 30 May, 1918.
    12 Oct 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 8872, 13th Field Ambulance, Medical discharge, permanently unfit for further active duty. Mustard gas disability - conjestion of upper respiratory tract, nose, pharynx, larynx, deflection of septum. Awarded British War and Victory medals.

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