Regimental number | 720 |
Place of birth | Reading England |
School | Elizabeth College, Guernsey, England |
Other training | BA Durham University College |
Age on arrival in Australia | 29 |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Schoolmaster |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 31 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Haviland Durand, Moulin Hurt House, St Martin Guernsey, Channel Islands |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 13th Battalion, G Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/30/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board TRANSPORT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 13th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | He came to Australia intending to enter Bush Brotherhood, became a R.C. and a private tutor, then master at Grammar School, Brisbane, was studying art then enlisted almost immediately in AIF. His Major wrote that he had shown courage and self sacrifice in volunteering to fetch ammunition from beach underfire and saved his line, but this was never verified and we received conflicting accounts of his death. (Sister) |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Turkey |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 31 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 17), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 69 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Town. Brisbane, Queensland |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |