Regimental number | 1181 |
Place of birth | Sutherlands, South Australia |
School | Public School (Sutherlands? Yorketown?), South Australia |
Religion | Lutheran |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Yorketown, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Mary Paulina Thiele, same address |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 43rd Battalion, D Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/60/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A19 Afric on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 43rd Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 21 |
Place of burial | Tyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXXIII, Row B, Grave No. 7), Passchendaele, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 137 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William Frederick and Mary Polina THIELE, Yorketown, South Australia |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 1179 Pte Herbert Frederick THIELE, 43rd Bn, returned to Australia, 15 September 1918; 180 Pte Benno Hermann THIELE, 43rd Bn, returned to Australia, 18 October 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |