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Signal Service, Airline Section, AIF, Roll of Honour Topic: AIF - DMC - Sigs AirlnS
Sigs, Airln Sect, AIF
Signal Service, Airline Section
Roll of Honour
Poppies on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
The Roll of Honour contains the names of all the men enrolled within the Signal Service, Airline Section, AIF known to have served and lost their lives during the Great War.
Roll of Honour
Sydney William BENNETT, Died of Disease, 21 October 1918, 2nd Australian Light Horse Signal Squadron.
Felix Charles McDERMOTT, Died of Disease, 14 October 1918, 2nd Australian Light Horse Signal Troop.
Signal Service, Airline Section, AIF, Embarkation Roll, Roll: A - Z Topic: AIF - DMC - Sigs AirlnS
Sigs, Airln Sect, AIF
Signal Service, Airline Section
Embarkation Roll: A - Z
The following is a composite alphabetical roll of all members of 1st Light Horse Signal Troop, AIF who are known to have embarked overseas during the Great War.
Each man is listed with:
Service Number
Rank at Embarkation
First Names
Family Name
If applicable, the false name used
Notes
Note 1: All soldiers’ names are linked to the specific unit and date when embarkation occurred. By utilising the link, upon the Embarkation Roll is a brief military biography of the individual. Also on the page are details and picture of the ship in which embarkation occurred for that specific soldier.
Note 2: There are duplications of some names in the following list. The reason for this is that the soldier embarked on more than one occasion. This was the simplest way of resolving the problem of multiple entries for a single individual.
Note 3: In comparing this roll with the official Embarkation Rolls published by the Department of Defence during the Great War, it will be noticed that some names are absent. The reason for this lies in the fact that when the official Embarkation Rolls were compiled, last minute absentees for one reason or another were recorded as embarking whereas in actuality, no embarkation occurred. In addition, there are other names that have been included that do not appear in the official Embarkation Rolls and yet they embarked with that particular group.
Signal Service, Airline Section, AIF, Embarkation Roll, October 1917 Reinforcement Topic: AIF - DMC - Sigs AirlnS
Sigs, Airln Sect, AIF
Signal Service, Airline Section
Embarkation Roll, October 1917 Reinforcement
HMAT A38 Ulysses
Signal Service, Airline Section, AIF, October 1917 Reinforcement, embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A38 Ulysses 19 December 1917.
The HMAT A38 Ulysses weighed 14,499 tons with an average cruise speed of 14 knots or 25.92 kmph. It was owned by the China Mutual SN Co, London, and leased by the Commonwealth until 15 August 1917.
The ensuing individual soldier's embarkation information contains the following details:
20843 Private William Reginald BUCHANAN, a 20 year old Civil servant from Bendigo, Victoria. He enlisted on 15 June 1917; and at the conclusion of the war Returned to Australia, 3 July 1919.
20845 Sapper John CARMODY, a 23 year old Telegraphist from Mosman, New South Wales. He enlisted on 19 June 1917; and at the conclusion of the war Returned to Australia, 26 July 1919.
21328 Sapper Arthur John MASSEY, a 19 year old Postal worker from Croydon, New South Wales. He enlisted on 30 May 1917; and at the conclusion of the war Returned to Australia, 28 June 1919.
21329 Sapper Felix Charles McDERMOTT, a 19 year old Telegraphist from East Maitland, New South Wales. He enlisted on 20 June 1917; and subsequently Died of Disease, 14 October 1918.
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