DOREY, Nicholas John

  1. Service Details
  2. Personal Details
  3. Unit and Rank Details
  4. Notes
  5. Sources

Service Details

Branch of Service
Army
Conflict
World War I (1914-1918)
Date of Enlistment
31/01/1917
Date of Discharge
31/10/1919
Place of Enlistment
Queanbeyan NSW

Personal Details

Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Melbourne, Victoria
Address (at enlistment)
11 Chatham St, Prahran, Victoria
Occupation
Groom
Next of Kin
Thomas Dorey (father), 11 Chatham St, Prahran, Victoria

Unit and Rank Details

Service Number
2902
Final Rank
Private
Final Unit
1 Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps AIF

Notes

Dorey came from Melbourne and enlisted for the first time on 21 January 1915 but was discharged medically unfit with varicose veins in the left leg. He enlisted for the second time on 5 August 1915 but was discharged medically unfit the following January with ingrown toenails on both big toes. Later in 1916 he was working as a groom at the Royal Military College, Duntroon when he enlisted for the third time at Queanbeyan on 31 January 1917. He served in Egypt from July 1917 with the 14th Light Horse Regiment and the Camel Corps before returning home in October 1919 and being discharged medically unfit. Dorey died near Melbourne in 1974 aged 79 years.

Description - height 5 feet 9¾ inches, weight 156 pounds, chest 35½ -37½ inches, medium complexion, blue eyes, dark brown hair, Catholic.

Sources

Ross Howarth, 'Civilians employed at the Royal Military College of Australia, Duntroon, from 1911 to 1931', RMC Duntroon, November 2000
Queanbeyan Age - 27 March 1917
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)

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