Regimental number | 8472 |
Place of birth | Mile End, South Australia |
Religion | Baptist |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Kintore Street, Mile End, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, John F Marchant, Kintore Street, Mile End, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served in 34th Battery, Australian Field ; still serving at time of AIF enlistment. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 6, Battery 18 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/34/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A34 Persic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Bombardier |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Medals |
Military Medal 'On the night of 7th August, 1916, near POZIERES, the 18th Battery were subjected to heavy shelling. At 4.10 a.m. having been ordered to resume the barrage at 30 rounds per hour, fire was opened from No. 1 Pit. Bombardier MARCHANT was a member of No. 1 Gun detachment. Soon after a large shell, believed to be 11" inch, struck the side of the pit and partly demolished it. The gun detachment was knocked out. Bombardier MARCHANT went of on his own into No. 2 Pit and continued the barrage, himself laying, leading and firing the gun, until the detachment arrived from the shelter trench in rear. By his coolness and determination he enabled the Battery to go on without missing any rounds.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 62 Date: |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Name entered on Embarkation Roll as Frederick Roby MARCHANT. |