Regimental number | 7276 |
Place of birth | Bourke, New South Wales |
Occupation | Baker |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 27.9 |
Next of kin | Mr Walter Thomas Ross, Wellington, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served for 2 years as Bugler, G Company, 3rd Infantry Regiment (resigned owing to unit's disbandment as infantry). |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Sydney, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 13th Company, Australian Army Service Corps, 9th Reinforcement |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Gunner |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Imbros, Western Front Married Esther WELLSTEAD, spinster, The Register Office, Wareham, 19 April 1917. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Desmosthenes', 18 January 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 2 March 1919, for onward travel to Sydney; discharged, Sydney (medically unfit: gas poisoning), 16 May 1919. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Name does not appear on Embarkation Roll. |
Date of death | |
Place of burial | Rookwood Crematorium, Sydney, New South Wales |
Sources | NAA: B2455, ROSS Walter Keech |