4th Field Ambulance
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Joseph Henry Cohen (SN 397) born in Ballarat, was a 26 year old chemist when he enlisted at Ballarat on March 20th 1915. He embarked aboard the Euripides on May 8th and sailed to Egypt. While there he was transferred from the 24th Infantry Battalion to the 57th Battalion before a further transfer to the 4th Field Ambulance. In May 1917, while in France, he dislocated his knee playing football and had to be evacuated to hospital in England. He returned to Australia as a member of the nursing staff aboard the Commonwealth, disembarked at Melbourne on June 8th 1919 and was discharged on August 8th.
