Regimental number | 920 |
Place of birth | Carlisle, England |
School | Not known |
Other training | Gas Engineer, Railway Engineer and Electricity |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Rural worker |
Address | Warmers Boarding House, Wagin, Western Australia |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 33 |
Next of kin | Mrs F W Johnston, Redland, Bristol, England |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 11th Battalion, H Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/28/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 11th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular |
I know very little of his life in Australia. He left England in 1902 for South Africa, and went from there to Australia in the spring of 1905. Where he worked on a farm and on the Railway. I do not think he would wish his life recorded. He has made good in dying for his country. (Wife) |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 44 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 34), 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 | 62 |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |