Regimental number | 3282 |
Place of birth | Alberton, South Australia |
School | Alberton Public School, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Port Adelaide, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 28 |
Height | 5' 4.5" |
Weight | 127 lbs |
Next of kin | A R Momplhait, Hodgman Road, Pennington, Alberton, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Keswick, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 10th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/27/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 32nd Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death | 30.2 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 30 |
Place of burial | Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery (Plot Iv, Row b, Grave No 2), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 121 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Jean Gustav and Edith Helen MOMPLHAIT (BUSHELL). Native of Port Adelaide, South Australia |
Family/military connections | Brother: 39802 Gunner Arthur Reginald MOMPLHAIT, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 20 June 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength, 50th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 29 February 19156. Transferred to 32nd Bn, 13 March 1916, and taken on strength, 15 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916. Admitted to 8th Field Ambulance, 7 July 1916 (dysentery), and transferred same day to 12th Casualty Clearing Station (gastric enteritis); discharged to duty, 18 July 1916. Killed in action, 19 July 1916. Red Cross Record File No 1800404, reported, 14 December 1916: 'The above named soldier appeared on German death list dated 4-11-16'. Name misspelled as MONFILILANT. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Originally listed as 'No Known Grave' and commemorated at V.C. Corner (Panel No 6a), Australian Cemetery, Fromelles; subsequently (2010) identified, and interred in the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, France. |
Miscellaneous details | Mother, Mrs Edith Helen BUSHELL, Castlemaine House, Morgan Street, West Hindmarsh, subsequently listed as next of kin; father deceased. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, MOMPLHAIT Alfred Victor
Red Cross File No 1800404 |