Regimental number | 60527 |
Place of birth | Corunna Road, Eastwood, New South Wales |
School | Epping Public School, New South Wales |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Eastwood, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, A W Small, Corunna Road, Eastwood, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | New South Wales Reinforcement 17 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/111/6 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A41 Bakara on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 17th General Service Reinforcements |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | His one aim was to go and fight for his country and no one left more proud than me but he was taken ill on board the transport 'Bakara' with pneumonia influenza and died at hospital Sierra Leone. |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of death or wounding | Died at Sierra Leone Hospital on his way to front. |
Age at death | 19 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
Place of burial | Freetown (King Tom) Cemetery (Row 2, Grave No. 197), West Africa |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 185 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Albert and Frances SMALL, Conimra Road, Eastwood, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | One brother served 3 years AIF and returned, another brother tried 14 times to enlist but breast trouble turned him down. |