Regimental number | 5025 |
Place of birth | Singleton, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Shunter |
Address | Percy Street, Bankstown, New South Wales |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 30 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Alice Isobel Lay, Percy Street, Bankstown, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 1, Reinforcement 9 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/29/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Gunner |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 14th Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Photo: Andrew Richardson |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Kenilworth Castle', 12 March1918; transshipped to SS.Field Marshall', Durban, 23 April 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 22 May 1918, for overland travel to Sydney; discharged (medically unfit: debility), Sydney, 19 October 1918. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 67 |
Place of burial | Rookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales |
Sources | NAA: B2455, LAY Robert Thomas |