Regimental number | 1078 |
Place of birth | Sulphur Creek, Tasmania |
School | Sulphur Creek State School, Tasmania |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Farm hand |
Address | Sulphur Creek |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, Henry Templar, Sulphur Creek |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 3rd Light Horse Regiment, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/8/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Served in Palestine, Egypt, Gallipoli (for three months before the December evacuation), France and Belgium. Wounded while fitting up a gun at Ypres, Belgium, August 1917; returned to the line in October, was wounded again (15 October) and died the same day. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 22 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row H, Grave No. 12), Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 11 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Henry and Edith Crott TEMPLAR. Native of Sulphur Creek, North West Coast, Tasmania |
Family/military connections | Brother: 7350 Richard TEMPLAR, 6th Bn, returned to Australia; Cousins: Lt W C CROFT MM MC; Sergeant W C LEAROYD; Sergean E R LEAROYD; Pte Roy TEMPLAR; Gunner P C CROFT; George TUCKER |