PALMER, Naseby Welford
| Service Number: | 5065 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 February 1916, Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maryborough Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Accident, Dorset England, United Kingdom, 14 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Dorset, England Plot II, Row C, Grave 3147 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 5065, Melbourne | |
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| 3 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5065, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5065, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Deaths Sep 1917 Palmer Naseby W 20 Weymouth 5a 296.
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Naseby Welford PALMER was born in Maryborough, Victoria in 1897
His parents were William Henry PALMER & Emily MORCOM
He died in an accident at Weymouth, England on 14th September, 1917 when he was run down by a motor ambulance while he was recovering from wounds
IN MEMORY
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 14th September…… Naseby Welford Palmer was born at Maryborough, Victoria in 1897.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 1st February, 1916 as an 18 year old, single, Painter from Holyrood Street, Maryborough, Victoria.
Private Naseby Welford Palmer, Service number 5065, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Ayrshire (A33) on 3rd July, 1916 with the 6th Infantry Brigade, 21st Infantry Battalion, 13th Reinforcements. He was admitted to Ship’s Hospital on 27th July, 1916 with Influenza & was discharged on 31st July, 1916. Private Palmer disembarked at Plymouth, England on 2nd September, 1916.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
He was taken on strength of 6th Training Battalion in England on 3rd September, 1916.
On 12th November, 1916 Private Palmer proceeded overseas to France on S.S. Victoria from 6th Training Battalion. He was marched in to 2nd A.D.B.D. (Australian Divisional Base Depot) at Etaples, France on 13th November, 1916. Private Palmer joined 21st Battalion in France on 22nd November, 1916 from Reinforcements.
Private Palmer reported sick on 27th January, 1917. He was admitted to 4th Australian Field Ambulance then transferred on 30th January, 1917 to Convalescent Rest Station with Scabies. Private Palmer was discharged to duty on 6th February, 1917 & rejoined his Battalion in France on 7th February, 1917.
On 11th February, 1917 Private Naseby Welford Palmer was wounded in action in France. He was admitted to 45th Casualty Clearing Station on 14th February, 1917 with shrapnel wounds to Arm, left & right Feet. Private Palmer was transferred to No. 5 Ambulance Train & admitted to 11th Stationary Hospital at Camiers on 14th February, 1917 with G.S.W. (gunshot wound/s) to Left Arm. He was transferred on 21st February. 1917 & embarked for England from Calais on Hospital Ship Dieppe on 22nd February, 1917.
He was admitted to 1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, England on 25th February, 1917 with wound/s to left Arm.
On 4th June, 1917 Private Palmer was marched in to No. 2 Command Depot at Weymouth, Dorset.
Private Naseby Welford Palmer died at 9.45 pm on 14th September, 1917 at Chickerell, Weymouth, Dorset, England when he was knocked down by an Ambulance & died as a result of a fractured Skull & fractured Spine.
“Court of Enquiry. Motor Accident. Extract from the Southern Times on 22-9-17. Pte Palmer was knocked down by a motor Ambulance and was killed. Coroner’s Court at Guildhall, Dorset give a verdict of Death by misadventure.”
(for full report see research following link below)
He was buried in Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Weymouth, Dorset, England where 82 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/n---s.html
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