Regimental number | 789 |
Place of birth | Westbourne Park, London, England |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farm and station |
Address | 'Walmsley', Park Street, Goulburn, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Height | 5' 7.5" |
Weight | 154 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Marie Rains, 'Walmsley', Park Street, Goulburn, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 30th Battalion, C Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/47/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 30th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 2), Australian Cemetery, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 118 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Mother: Marie A.W. RAINES; remarried name M.A.W. GOODMAN |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarked Sydney, 9 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 11 December 1915. Appointed Lance Corporal, Ferry Post, 3 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916. Reported wounded and missing, 20 July 1916. Statement by 1220 J.A. BOVARD, 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, England, 23 August 1916: 'I saw him [WYMARK] throw up his arms and call out as if he was badly hit, I think he was killed at [the] Fleurbaix charge.' Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 23 July 1917, pronounced fate as 'killed in action, 20 July 1916'. Statement, Red Cross File No 3030805, 741 Pte F.W. Ray, 30th Bn (patient, No 1 Australian General Hospital, Rouen), 8 December 1916: 'In No Man's Land going over in the wave on the 20th July he was only two men away from me on the right. I saw and heard him fall screaming. I never heard any more.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Sister, Mabel Gertrude BRIGINSHAW, 6 Berge Street, Mount Gravatt, Brisbane, died 29 July 1962. |
Miscellaneous details | Attestation Form notes 'Father dead [d. London, 30 May 1898]'. Mother's address changed in 1917 to 186 Terrace Street, New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland; in 1920, 'Highgate', Vulture Street, East Brisbane, Queensland. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, WYMARK Reginald Douglas
Red Cross file 3030805 |