Regimental number | 8898 |
Place of birth | Mount Mercer |
School | Garibaldi, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Farmer |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, A U Hair, Durham Lead, Essex, England |
Previous military service | 70th Infantry; Three years served in the Citizen Military Forces |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Driver |
Unit name | 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 25/90/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A39 Port Macquarie on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 48164 |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Bombardier |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Albert, France |
Age at death | 24 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Frenchencourt Communal Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 8), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 14 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Angus and Ann HAIR. Native of Garibaldi, Victoria |