Regimental number | 60 |
Place of birth | Tooting, London, England |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Telephonist |
Address | 'Craganour', Hamilton Road, Nundah, Brisbane, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Height | 5' 5" |
Weight | 106 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs T. Tozer, 'Craganour,' Hamilton Road, Nundah, Brisbane, Queensland |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Brisbane, Queensland |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 31st Infantry Battalion, Regimental Signallers - Headquarters |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 28/48/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 31st Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
Place of burial | Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row L, Grave No. 70), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 119 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Henry Alfred and Caroline Alice TOZER, 'Craganour', Hamilton Road, Nundah, Queensland |
Family/military connections | Brother: [4252] 2nd Lt Henry John TOZER MSM, 15th Bn, returned to Australia, 24 January 1920. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Disembarked Suez, ex-HMT 'Wandilla', 7 December 1915. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916. Killed in action, 19 July 1916. Buried Eaton Hall Military Cemetery by Reverend S. A. Beveridge, 19 July 1916. Statement, Red Cross File No 2770509, 43 Corporal R. CAREW, 31st Bn (patient, 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford, England): 'On 19th July, 1916 at Fleurbaix L/Cpl. E.W. Tozer was wounded at a signalling station at 4 p.m. and was walking down to the Clearing Station. While passing one of our own guns he was hit by a primitive explosion from it and killed at once. "Informant saw him dead."' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, TOZER Ernest William
Red Cross file 2770509 |