Regimental number | 3125 |
Place of birth | Zeehan, Tasmania |
School | West Kentish State School, Tasmania |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | School teacher |
Address | Burnie, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | Father, Albert James York, Sheffield, Tasmania |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 40th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/57/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | RoHC lists service number as #3225. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Amiens, France |
Age at death | 25.11 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
Place of burial | Crucifix Corner Cemetery (Plot VII, Row D, Grave No. 4), Villers-Bretonneux, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 177 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Albert James and Esther Maria YORK |
Family/military connections | Cousins: 27058 Frederick James YORK, 51st Battery, Field Artillery who was killed in action, Belgium, 17 October 1917; James Mark GUTTERIDGE. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |