Regimental number | 8087 |
Place of birth | Liverpool, England |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Miner |
Address | Glenhuntly, Victoria |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 44 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs E Whicker, 5 Maroona Road, Glenhuntly, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | Tunnelling Companies (September 1916-February 1918): June 1917 Reinforcements |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Indarra on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Tunnelling Company |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of burial | Bath Cemetery (Plot C, Row H, Grave 64), Somerset, England. |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 27 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Walter Groves amd Susannah WHICKER |
Family/military connections | Son: [2577] 2nd Lieutenant Bertie Walter WHICKER, 5th Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, returned to Australia, 30 April 1919. |
Other details | Married Ellen WARD, 20 June 1896 at Ballarat, Victoria. |