Regimental number | 2979 |
Place of birth | Dixie, Victoria |
School | Dixie State School, Victoria |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Dairyman |
Address | Dixie via Terang, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Mary Tehan, Dixie via Terang, Victoria |
Previous military service | Undertook Toorak military drill. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 6 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 14/14/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 23rd Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Menin Road, Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 20.11 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | Bedford House Cemetery, Enclosure No. 4 (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 10, Zillebeke, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 100 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas and Mary TEHAN, Dixie, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brother: 254 Sergeant Thomas TEHAN, Australian Army Pay Corps, returned to Australia, 22 May 1919. |