D'Arcy WENTWORTH

WENTWORTH, D'Arcy

Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
Enlisted: 29 February 1916, Commenced as a 2nd Lieutenant
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
Born: Sydney, NSW, 1877
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Mining Engineer
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World War 1 Service

29 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Commenced as a 2nd Lieutenant
1 Jun 1916: Involvement Lieutenant, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
1 Jun 1916: Embarked Lieutenant, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle
1 Jun 1916: Involvement 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
1 Jun 1916: Embarked 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle
20 Dec 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), As a result of a mine explosion he sustained a lacerated wound of the scalp and injury to left knee and ankle
28 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Returned to Australia on HT Sardinia arriving in Melbourne on 8th June 1919

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Mention in Sir Douglas Haig's Despatches 16th March 1919

Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 31448 (11 July 1919); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 124 (30 October 1919).