Joseph Alexander UNDERWOOD

UNDERWOOD, Joseph Alexander

Service Number: Officer
Enlisted: 3 July 1917, Commissioned from No 6 Officer Training Course Duntroon ex Instructional Staff Permanent Army
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 59th Infantry Battalion
Born: Violet Town, Victoria, Australia, 25 January 1886
Home Town: Caulfield North, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling: Duntroon Military College, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Occupation: Professional Soldier
Died: Natural Causes , South Yarra, Victoria, Australia, 22 April 1964, aged 78 years
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
Cremation
Memorials: Euroa Telegraph Park

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World War 1 Service

3 Jul 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, Commissioned from No 6 Officer Training Course Duntroon ex Instructional Staff Permanent Army
21 Mar 1918: Involvement 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
21 Mar 1918: Embarked 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, HMAT Persic, Sydney
24 May 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Training Battalion, Taken on Strength of the AIF UK from General list Australia
10 Sep 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 60th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of 60th Battalion in the field France Ex reinforcement’s 1st General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria
25 Sep 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 59th Infantry Battalion, Transferred to 59th Battalion from 60th Battalion ex unit reorganisation
4 Nov 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 59th Infantry Battalion, Promoted post detachment to 15th Light Trench Mortar Battery and Musketry Officer 5th Division
11 Dec 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Instructional Staff (AIF), Posted to attend Adjutant School Cambridge UK
4 Aug 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, AIF Depot, Posted to QM Branch AIF Depots UK for duty
1 Nov 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 59th Infantry Battalion, RTA 3MD Melbourne on HT Nestor
7 Jan 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 59th Infantry Battalion, Appointment in the AIF terminated Cessation of Hostilities 3MD Melbourne

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