Regimental number | 4312 |
Place of birth | Collingwood, Victoria |
School | North Clunes State School, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Clunes, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Height | 5' 9.25" |
Weight | 175 lbs |
Next of kin | Friend, Mr E Ford, Clunes, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 14th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/31/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 14th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France |
Age at death | 20.4 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | Pozieres British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row N, Grave No. 14), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 74 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Native of Clunes, Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Joined 14th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 4 March 1916. Admitted to 4th Australian Field Ambulance, 11 March 1916 (diarrhoea); transferred to No 2 Stationary Hospital, 12 March 1916 (dysentery); discharged to and rejoined unit, 23 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 1 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 8 June 1916. Wounded in action, 7 August 1916; subsequently posed as 'wounded and missing', 7 August 1916. 'Now reported killed in action, 7 August 1916'. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, SMITHSON Augustus |