Regimental number | 401 |
Place of birth | Avoca Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Grocer |
Address | Avoca, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Next of kin | Charles Willmott, Avoca, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served for 1 year in the Victorian Rangers; 2 years in the Victorian Scottish, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 7th Battalion, C Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/24/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A20 Hororata on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 7th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
Place of burial | Lone Pine Cemetery (Row L, Grave No. 16), Gallipoli, Turkey |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 52 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Charles and Kate WILLMOTT |
Family/military connections | Brother: 77 Pte Herbert Stoten WILLMOTT, 38th Bn, returned to Australia, 11 May 1919; Uncle: 2222 Pte Charles SEDERY, 11th Bn, killed in action, 6 August 1915. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Declared 'missing in action on or about 25 April 1915'; Court of Inquiry held at Rouen, France, 25 September 1917, confirmed fate as 'killed in action'. Base Records wrote to Mr Willmott, 24 August 19120, that Pte Willmott's remains had been exhumed from a recently discovered Turkish cemetery at Pine Ridge, and had been reinterred in Lone Pine Cemetery. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |