Regimental number | 2862 |
Place of birth | Castlereagh, New South Wales |
School | Castlereagh Public School, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Mount Ritchie, Castlereagh via Penrith, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 27 |
Next of kin | Father, F Yeoman, Mount Ritchie, Castlereagh via Penrith, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 20th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 56th Battalion |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 28.6 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 28 |
Place of burial | Calais Southern Cemetery (Plot F. Row I, Grave No. 8), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 163 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Francis and Eleanor Mary YEOMAN |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Guarded Suez Canal in machine gun section. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary force, , 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Admitted to 14th Field Ambulance, 15 October 1916 (pneumonia); transferred to No 1 Casualty Clearing Station, and thence by Ambulance Train to 9th British Red Cross Hospital, Calais; died of lobar pneumonia, 20 October 1916. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |