SMALE Colin Reginald Isaac

Other Events:

• _UID: AE7759D209E04BA194B0E13C2E9DE5548A93
• Military: 20 Jul 1916; Enlisted during WWI as No. 5717, Private, 15th. Reinforcements, 22 Battalion, Australian Infantry, AIF.; : 24y 6m

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Military:
Enlisted as Reginald SMALE and his calling was stated to be seaman. Appears to have deserted from the Langwarrin Camp in 1916. He was removed from strength on 22 Dec 1916. Was also found to be unwell with Ghonorrea after joining the Army and that is probably the reason he was at Langwarrin where there was a Venereal Diseases Hospital. After his capture by the military police he was court-martialled and found guilty. The punishment he received is unclear in the records but a newspaper report details the fact that he was sentenced to 180 days of detention with hard labour. His mother wrote to the Army in 1924 asking about her son who had possibly re-enlisted in the AIF. The army was unable to help her.