Regimental number | 326 |
Place of birth | Moolort, Victoria |
School | Moolort State School, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Carisbrook PO, Carisbrook, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 36 |
Next of kin | Father, Francis Lock, Moolort, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 38th Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/55/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 38th Battalion |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Distinguished Conduct Medal 'Work at Ploegsteert on 27-28 May 1917.' Recommendation date: |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | He was wounded at Messines. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 27 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
Place of burial | Tyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXXV, Row J, Grave No. 4), Passchendaele, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 130 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Francis and Charlotte LOCK. Native of Moolort, Victoria |
Medals |
Distinguished Conduct Medal 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty, as one of a bombing party during a raid upon enemy trenches. He displayed great courage and initiative in working round a party of enemy bombers, killing and capturing them, and entirely breaking the enemy's resistance at that point.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 189 Date: |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |