Place of birth | Hobart, Tasmania |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Clara A Pybus, 63 Burke Street, Launceston, Tasmania |
Previous military service | 40th Battery Australian Field Artillery |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 3, Reinforcement 2 & Reinforcement 3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A54 Runic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Major |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Division Artillery |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Mention in Despatches Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement No. 30107 (1 June 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169 (4 October 1917). |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | Bapaume Communal Cemetery (Row I, Grave No. 5), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 17 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and Fanny PYBUS; husband of Mrs C. PYBUS, Trevallyn, Launceston, Tasmania |