Regimental number | 2423 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Kurrajong, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Rawson Street, North Sydney, New South Wales |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 44 |
Height | 5' 8" |
Weight | 158 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Agnes F Wilson, Rawson Street, North Sydney, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 1st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/18/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *Second entry first did not match |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Discharged from 4th Auxiliary Hospital, Abbassia, 31 January 1916. Posted to Australian Reserve Brigade, Zeitoun, 31 January 1916. Details of movement to England not recorded. Marched in to No 1 Training Bn, Perham Downs (date not recorded). Detailed for Home Service, 13 November 1916. Marched in to No 2 Command Depot, 14 May 1917. Medical Officer, No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, concluded, 19 May 1917: 'Permaently unfit for General Service. Fit for Home Service ? Service has not injured him.' Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Euripides'for Home service (overage), 21 July 1917; arrived Melbourne, 18 September 1917, for onward travel to Sydney; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 16 October 1917. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Enlisted Sydney in the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force, 23 August 1918, as 1539, Private. Embarked Sydney on board SS 'Melusia', 2 October 1918. Having returned to Kokopo is struck off strength of the garrison, 22 October 1918. Taken on strength of Rabaul Garrison, 5 November 1918.Appointed Lance Corporal, 4 November 1918. Having returned to Kokopo is struck off strength of rabaul Garrison, 12 November 1918. Having arrived from Kokopo is taken on strength of Rabaul Garrison, 13 November 1918. Having departed for Kokopo is struck off strength of Rabaul Garrison, 20 November 1918. Seconded for duty in Department of Survey & Roads, and transferred from 'A' to 'C' Company, 7 April 1919. Struck of strength to Namatanai, 21 April 1919.Embarked Rabaul on furlough on board SS 'Morinda', 18 May 1920. Killed at Sydney, 2 June 1920 (accidentally shot by son). |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 54 |
Place of burial | Waverley Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales |