Regimental number | 7399 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Gunnedah, New South Wales |
School | Albury Grammar School, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Olive Street, Albury, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Next of kin | Father, J J Kingsmill, Olive Street, Albury, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Bombardier |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 5, Battery 14 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/33/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A34 Persic on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commissioned |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Field Artillery Brigade |
Promotions |
2nd Lieutenant Unit: 2nd Division Artillery Promotion date: Lieutenant Unit: 2nd Division Artillery Promotion date: |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Mention in Despatches Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 30706 (28 May 1918); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 165 (24 October 1918). Recommendation date: Military Cross Recommendation date: |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Joined the Bank of New South Wales, Albury branch, August 1907. Transferred to Benalla, Victoria, branch, September 1910 (ledger keeper); to Tallangatta branch, January 1911; to Albury branch, October 1911; to Adelaide branch, April 1914. |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Medals |
Military Cross Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 109 Date: |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Medals: Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | 'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), pp. 216-17. |