Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War I (1914-1918)

Date of Enlistment

16/07/1915

Date of Discharge

05/09/1919

Place of Enlistment

Liverpool NSW

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

03/05/1875

Place of Birth

Ginninderra ACT

Address (at enlistment)

Carcoar NSW (previously Ginninderra ACT)

Occupation

Hospital attendant

Next of Kin

Mark Southwell (uncle), Weragel via Carcoar NSW.

Service Number

9032

Final Rank

Sergeant

Final Unit

5 Division Sanitation Section, Australian Army Medical Corps AIF

Mentioned in Despatches (Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 30 October 1919, Page 1656, position 45)

Southwell was the son of John and Louisa Southwell who erected the first building in the village of Hall and operated the store there. Southwell embarked from Sydney in February 1916 with the 3rd reinforcements to the 8th Field Ambulance, arriving in France in April 1916. In August he was attached to the 5th Division Sanitary Section. He was court martialled for possessing a camera with films which were confiscated by military authorities in France - they were returned to him in 1926. In December 1918 he was detached to the 5th Artillery Group and by the next April he had been promoted to the rank of Sergeant. Southwell died on 16 May 1942 in Petersham and is buried at Hall.

Description - height 6 feet, weight 182 pounds, chest 35½-37 inches, dark complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, Church of England.

Lyall Gillespie, 'The Southwell Family, pioneers of the Canberra district', 1988
AWM Honours & Awards
AWM Collections Record : DA13057
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)