Regimental number | 12318 |
Place of birth | Glenelg, South Australia |
School | Public School, South Australia |
Religion | Congregational |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | 'Cooyah', Nannup, Western Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Next of kin | Father, J Storrie, 'Cooyah', Nannup, Western Australia |
Previous military service | He was a Member of the Brown Hill Kalgoorlie Volunteer Fire Brigade. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 2, Reinforcement 14 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/30/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Gunner |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 31 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 31 |
Place of burial | Perth Cemetery (China Wall) (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 3), Zillebeke |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 13 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated on Glenelg Congregational Church (now St Andrew's Uniting Church) Roll of Honor: 'For right. For Liberty'. Central panel listing members of the church who died is headed: 'Faithful unto death'. Parents: James and Rosa Isabel STORRIE, 'Cooyah', Nannup, Western Australia |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 5709 Gunner Donovan Thomas King STORRIE, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 11 January 1918; 7355 Driver Ernest William King STORRIE, 4th Motor Transport Company, effective abroad (still overseas). |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |