Regimental number | 1750 |
Place of birth | Eastabest, Birsay, Orkney, Scotland |
School | Birsay Public School, Orkney, Scotland |
Age on arrival in Australia | 22 |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Bootmaker |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 27 |
Next of kin | T Bias, Busay, Kirkwell, Orkney, Scotland |
Previous military service | Served some years in the Volunteer Forces in Britain. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
Unit name | 301st (Mechanical Transport), 8th Company, Army Service Corps (17th Divisional Ammunition Park) |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 25/98/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Gunner |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Brigade Ammunition Column |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 30 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 30 |
Place of burial | Reninghelst New Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 6), Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 11 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas Hunter and Jane Spence BIAS, Flaws, Birsay, Orkney, Scotland |