Regimental number | 1551 |
Place of birth | Muswellbrook New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Pilliga Scrub, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Next of kin | Sister, Evelyn Mary Cullen, Wallabadah, via Quirindi, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 6th Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/11/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Hawkes Bay on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 1551A |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Driver |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 13th Field Artillery Brigade |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Military Medal Recommendation date: |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Medals |
Military Medal 'On 26th August 1917 at about 5.30 p.m. near POTIJZE an ammunition dump of the 13th Aust. F.A. Brigade became heavily shelled by the enemy and was sent on fire causing the ammunition in the dump to explode. No. 1551 Gunner W.R. INMAN immediately went to the assistance of Corporal ROONEY, who was in charge of the dump, and set to work to extinguish the fire. This was successfully accomplished and by his initiative, bravery, and disregard of risk he assisted in extinguishing the fire and in saving a large quantity of valuable ammunition required for immediate use in Batteries.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 31 Date: |