Regimental number | 1150 |
Place of birth | Yorketown South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | College Park, South Australia |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 27 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Amy Judith Manning, 78 Harrow Road, St Peters, South Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 43rd Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/60/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A19 Afric on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 43rd Battalion |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Distinguished Conduct Medal 'Courage and determination in attack on Undulating Trench on night of 10 June 1917.' |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Medals |
Distinguished Conduct Medal 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty under heavy machine gun fire. He moved forward with a comrade, and succeeded in bombing and silencing a hostile machine gun which was firing from a strong concrete emplacement upon his company.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 219 Date: |