Regimental number | 909 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Breadalbane, New South Wales |
School | Breadalbane Public School, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Carpenter |
Address | Breadalbane, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Height | 5' 3.5" |
Weight | 140 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Edwin Ings, Breadalbane, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 30th Battalion, D Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/47/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 23 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-Sur-La-Lys (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 2), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 178 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Edwin and Emma INGS, Breadalbane, New South Wales. Native of Goulburn, New South Wales. Commemorated at Breadalbane Cemetery (memorial gateposts), New South Wales. Commemorated on St Edmund's Anglican Church Roll of Honour, Gunning, New South Wales: 'In memory of the men of this Parish who made the supreme sacrifice of their life in the fight for Truth and Freedom.' |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarked Sydney, 9 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 11 December 1915. Transferred to 8th Machine Gun Company, 19 March 1916; taken on strength, Tel el Kebir, 20 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916. Killed in action, 20 July 1916. Buried in Sailly-sur-La-Lys Cemetery; reported by Rev. W. Meredith Holliday, attached to 56th Bn. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, INGS Percy Edwin |