Regimental number | 5105 |
Place of birth | Bendigo, Victoria |
School | State School, Bendigo, Victoria |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Miner |
Address | Upper Road, California Gully, Victoria |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs E M Harris, Upper Road, California Gully, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 6th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/23/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 15th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Polygon Wood, Belgium |
Age at death | 29 |
Place of burial | Tyne Cot Cemetery (Plot LXIII, Row D, Grave 15), Passchendaele, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 20 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Office of War Graves records notes: 'Husband of Mrs E M Scott (formerly Harris), of Job's Gully Bridge, Bendigo, Victoria.' |
Family/military connections | Brother-in-law: 3648 Pte Jack YARROW, 60th Bn, killed in action, 25 September 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |