Regimental number | 1939 |
Place of birth | Launceston, Tasmania |
School | State School then Oxford, England |
Other training | Aviation School |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Motor mechanic |
Address | Ulverstone, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | Father, B Palliser, Ulverstone, Tasmania |
Previous military service | Served in the Tasmanian Rangers militia. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Driver mechanic |
Unit name | 300th Mechanical Transport, Army Service Corps (17th Divisional Ammunition Column (9th Army Service Corps) |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 25/99/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commissioned |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 8th Training Squadron Australian Flying Corps |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | "He enlisted in the Motor Transport, 1914 and served three years before passing over to Oxford to train for the Australian Flying Corps. He gained his commission in June 1918 and fell five days before the armistice was signed. Never heard of since." [Father: Benjamin Dowling Palliser of Ulverstone, Tasmania] |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | North Belgium |
Age at death | 28 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 28 |
Place of burial | Anvaing Churchyard (a little north of the west end of the church), Tournai, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 188 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Benjamin and Mary PALLISER, Fulton Street, Ulverstone, Tasmania. Native of Launceston, Tasmania |
Family/military connections | Brother: 2721 Pte Alfred Tasman PALLISER, 1st Mechanical Transport Company, returned to Australia, 4 June 1919. |