SOUTHWELL, Albert Clive

  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
04/07/1915
Date of Discharge
17/08/1915
Place of Enlistment
Sydney NSW

Personal Details

Gender
Male
Date of Birth
29/07/1890
Place of Birth
Hall ACT
Address (at enlistment)
'Woodburn' via Hall ACT
Occupation
Teacher
Next of Kin
Samuel Southwell (father), 'Woodburn' via Hall ACT

Unit and Rank Details

Service Number
85907
Final Rank
Private
Final Unit
30 Battalion

Notes

Born near Hall in 1890, the youngest son of 'Captain' Southwell of 'Woodburn', Albert was rejected at a medical after he enlisted because of defective vision. He was assessed as having astigmatism and had severe headaches when reading without glasses. Southwell was a teacher when he enlisted and taught at the Mulligans Flat School in Gungahlin. He moved to the Lithgow district in 1917 where he taught at Rydal. Southwell died in Goulburn on 12 October 1982.

Description - height 5 feet 8 inches, weight 144 pounds, chest 33-36 inches, dark complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair, Methodist, had first aid skills.

Sources

Lyall Gillespie, 'Early Education and Schools in the Canberra Region', 1999
Lyall Gillespie, 'Ginninderra - Forerunner to Canberra', 1992 (pp.241, 250)
Sydney Morning Herald 14/10/1982
Queanbeyan/ Canberra Advocate - 25 January 1917
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)

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