Patrick Herbert ULSETH

ULSETH, Patrick Herbert

Service Numbers: 2228, R2228
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: Field Artillery Brigades
Born: Glanville South Australia, 1894
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Driver
Memorials: Peterhead Glanville School Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

23 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 2228, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
23 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 2228, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide
11 May 1917: Involvement Driver, R2228, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
11 May 1917: Embarked Driver, R2228, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne

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Patrick Herbert Ulseth- 

Born 1894 in a small-town Glanville South Australia. He was 21 years old when he enlisted for the army to be a driver. He embarked from Australia via the HMAT Borda. He was to serve as a driver for the 10th Battalion before being transferred to the field artillery barrages. After a short period of that he was transferred back to be a driver again. At age 25 on the 4.9.15 he was sent to the general hospital and diagnosed with subacute rheumatism, a muscle soreness and tightness much like atherosclerosis. He was discharged on the 6.9.15 and returned to Australia per Port Sydney on the 24.6.16. he received the 1914-15-star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.

 

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