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Manley Albert Thomas. Pte. (d.30th March 1918)
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Slade Richard. Pte.
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Pte. Frances Richard Merifield 21st Battalion
Frank Merifield is one of 348 names on a World War 1 signature quilt from Victoria, Australia. This is his story compiled from his military record.
Frank enlisted on the 1st of February 1916 at Trafalger in Gippsland, They had been living at nearby Thorpdale. His wife Eva, was noted as his next of kin and Frank initially put her address down as Romsey but was later changed to Strathmerton, Vic when she returned to live near her family. One month after enlisting Frank entered camp at Ascot Vale, in A company, 10th Depot Battalion. On 25th March 1916 he was transferred to Williamstown for 3 days. A week later he embarked at Melbourne per HMAT A14 Euripides. On the quilt Frank's rank is shown as Signaller. He never held this rank. He was always a Private. Some troops disembarked from the Euripides in Egypt. The 29th Battalion reinforcements disembarked in Suez on 12th May 1916 and the 60th Battalion reinforcements in Alexandria on 25th May. There is no mention in his records where Frank disembarked. As the 21st Battalion had moved from Egypt to France in March, it is likely the reinforcements went on to England and the training camps on Salisbury Plain.
The next entry in his file is in England when he transferred from No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Harefield to the Military Convalescent Hospital, Epsom on 13th July 1916 after pneumonia. When he had been admitted to hospital in the first place is not noted. The Woodcote Park Military Convalescent Hospital, Epsom, was staffed by the Canadian Army Medical Corps. The original 500 beds in September 1915 grew by August 1916, when Frank was there, to 3800 beds. Soldiers, including Frank, spent 6 weeks here on a graduated programme of recovery, under military discipline, which built them back up to full fitness. After the 6 weeks he is discharged and marched into No 1 Command Depot at Perham Downs. He spent two and a half weeks there before returning to duty on 12th September 1916 with the 6th Training Battalion.
In mid-December Frank made it to France. He joined his Battalion on 17th December 1916. His time with the Battalion was short as only three and a half weeks later on 10th January 1917 he reported sick and was admitted to the ANZAC Casualty Clearing Station with a septic forefinger. By the 14th January when he is admitted to the 10th General Hospital in Rouen, France the infection has spread to his forearm. The infection didn't improve and he was embarked for England on HMHS St Andrew on the 31st January and admitted to the Southwark Military Hospital, East Dulwich. Frank was finally discharged on 5th March. He reported to No 1 Command Depot at Perham Downs on 20th March, after 2 weeks furlough.
Frank was transferred to the 65th Battalion for 6 months returning to the 21st on 19th September 1917. On 4th December Frank proceeded overseas to France and rejoined his Battalion in the field. It is 9 months before there is another entry in Frank's file. On 1st September 1918 he is wounded in action and admitted to 9th Australian Field Ambulance with a severe gunshot wound to his thigh. The following day he was transferred to the 6th General Hospital at Rouen, France, then transferred to England on HMHS Carisbrooke Castle on the 5th September. Frank spent seven weeks at the Voluntary Aid Hospital, Cheltenham before being transferred to the 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford for a few days. Two months after being wounded he was discharged to No 2 Command Depot at Weymouth. A month later, on 3rd December, he moved to No 1 Command depot at Sutton Veny to await his return to Australia. Frank departed England on 17th March 1919 on HMHS Plassy and arrived in Melbourne on 30th April 1919.

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Pte. Richard Slade 5th Btn. Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Richard Slade served with the 5th Btn, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
From his own words..
I arrived in France on the 20th of December 1916, after sailing from Southampton, stopping at Le Havre, then travelling up the river to Rouen, staying there for a fortnight doing drills on different parts of warfare. On leaving Rouen I joined the 5th Battalion Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry at a place called Dainville, on what was part of the front called G. Sector.
We were in and out of line until the 1st of February 1917, then going back to a place called Grand-Rullecourt for a month for a refresher, joining my Battalion again in March near Arras at a village called Rownville, that part of the front was called H. Sector, we stayed there until we made the first spring advance which was on Easter Monday 9th of April 1917 in the early morning, just after day break (Battle of Arras).
In the meantime we were digging assembly trenches, which were dug in no-mans land, making advances between Tolley and Burains with the tanks going over with us, taking what we named Redoufer not far off Telegraph Hill, it was said my Battalion alone took 800 prisoners from that particular place, we took our position fairly easy after which other Regiments passing through us making their advance good.
Then after about 3 days we got relieved for a short while for a rest. At times we were holding the line which our troops made good on the 10th of April 1917. We then made another attack on the 4th May in the early morning, just before light on the same front in a place called Wancourt. We drove the enemy from his front line, but we only held it for a few hours perhaps up to mid-day when we had to retire back to where we started (what was left of us!). With the help of the rest of our Brigade we held our line where we were.
Before we made the attack my Battalion, then in the evening received news from one of our Officers for every man for himself to get out of the line down under a bank in front of Wancourt, then from the bank when we got what we thought all of our men together, we were took to some trench for the rest of the night and part of the next day. Where our men were coming in 1 or 2 at the time and then from there we went back near Tolley for a few days getting, relived from that front altogether, for a rest and to get reinforcements up. We were out there for nearly three months going in the line again at Ypres the beginning of August we were in there for 3 or 4 days, we then got relieved from the line going back to a place called the half way house which was a dug-out behind our reserves, we were there for 4 or 5 days and at night we sent out as working parties up to the line. We then went a little further back to a place called Dickiebusch for the night before making our way then to Messines Ridge, going what we might say straight in the line. We were round about that part for nearly a month , we were in and out of the line, when we were out we were working parties either at day or night.
After leaving Messines we again went back to Ypres, taking with us 3 days rations. We took our position on the left of the Menin Road, we were there 5 days coming from the left over to the right of the Menin Road (you will be familiar with this as the Battle of Passchendaele). I was there 2 days, when I got my Blighty! I got hit on the evening of the 22nd of Octobre 1917 about 6 o'clock, when out of the trench, I was in a dug out near by for the night.
Then when it was light the next morning I made tracks to our aid-post where I was dressed and sent on to the next dressing station near Ypres. Then from there I was took to the C.C.S, where I stayed for 2 days, then being sent to the 10th General Hospital Rouen. I stayed there until the 31st October coming across to Blighty that night landing at Southampton early morning on the 1st November, arriving at the 1st Southern General Hospital, Kings' Heath Section in Birmingham at 6pm.
I was discharged from there on the 27th of January 1918 for 10 days leave reporting back to Command Depot Tipperary, Ireland on the 6th of February 1918, got my T.M.B on the 27th of June 1918 BII, discharged from there on the 15th of July 1918 and reported to my reserve unit on the 16th of July 1918. I was then sent to Scotland on the 2nd September on farm work and came back to my Battalion on the 22nd of Novemeber 1918.
Georgina Rollins

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Pte. Albert Thomas Manley 5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry (d.30th March 1918)
Albert Manley of 19 Kimberly Road, Leicester, enlisted at Leicester Town Hall in 1917 into the Leicestershire Regiment. He was posted overseas in February 1918 and transferred to the 5th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. He was wounded on the 24th of March 1918 in the German spring offensive and was taken to No. 10 General Hospital at Rouen. He died of wounds on 30th of March 1918 aged 19 years.

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