Regimental number | 2113 |
Place of birth | St Kilda, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Clerk |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Height | 5' 10.75" |
Weight | 158 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs. Charlotte Bishop Procter, 'Allabama,' Bluff Road, Moorabbin, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served for 5 years in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | 2nd Divisional Signal Company, 12th Reinforcement |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandillia on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Divisional Signal Company |
Fate | Suice |
Place of burial | Forest Hill Road Cemetery (90. 18068), Camberwell, England |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 26 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James and Charlotte Bishop PROCTER |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, England Disembarked Suez, and joined Engineers Training Depot, Tel el Kebir, 9 May 1916. Proceeded to England (date not recorded); transferred from Pioneer Training Bn, Parkhouse, to No 2 Details Camp, 19 August 1916. Died of gun shot wound, 3rd Section, Engineers Training Depot, Hitchin, 26 October 1916. Coroner's finding: 'Deceased took his own life while temporarily insane'. |
Miscellaneous details | Surname incorrectly recorded on Embarkation Roll as PROCTOR. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, PROCTER William Charles Gilder |