Coming Soon.
KILSBY, Melville James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1893 |
---|---|
Enlisted: | 29 February 1916 |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps |
Born: | Mt Gambier, South Australia, 25 November 1894 |
Home Town: | Unley Park, City of Unley, South Australia |
Schooling: | Prince Alfred College, South Australia |
Occupation: | Station Hand |
Died: | Natural Causes, Daw Park, South Australia, Australia, 11 August 1967, aged 72 years |
Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Gardens, Path 41, Grave 396A. Memorial 151281862 |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Blanchetown & District WW1 Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
29 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1893, 5th Pioneer Battalion | |
---|---|---|
11 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1893, 5th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
11 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1893, 5th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide | |
15 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 1893, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Disembarked Suez | |
21 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, Embarked Alexandria to join B.E.F France | |
29 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 1893, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles. | |
26 Dec 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Invalided to England | |
4 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School Narromine, Joined No. 1 Military School of Aeronautics, Reading. | |
11 Aug 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Proceeded overseas to France | |
30 Oct 1918: | Imprisoned Reported wounded and taken prisoner war, Germany. | |
24 Dec 1918: | Imprisoned Repatriated from Germany to from Prisoner of war, arrived in England. | |
1 Jan 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Promotion to Full Lieutenant. | |
21 Jun 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1893, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Embarkation to Australia 21 June 1919 | |
27 Sep 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1893, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, AIF Appointment Terminated. |
Personal Stories
Help us honour Melville James Kilsby's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my story