Regimental number | 5700 |
Place of birth | Chinchilla, Queensland |
School | Chinchilla State School, Queensland |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Grazier |
Address | Ridgeview, Chinchilla, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 28.7 |
Height | 5' 7.25" |
Weight | 143 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Ann Zeller, Ridgeview, Chinchilla, Queensland |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 26th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/43/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 26th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 30 |
Place of burial | Tyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXIII, Row A, Grave 6), Passchendaele, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 109 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Ann ZELLER |
Family/military connections | Brother: 2025 Corporal George Herbert ZELLER, 25th Bn, died of wounds, 9 April 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Brisbane, 7 September 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 2 November 1916; marched into 7th Training Bn, Rollestone, 21 November 1, 30 January 1917 (bronchitis)916. Admitted , Hurdcott, 19 May 1917.; transferred to No 1 Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 1 May 1917 (pneumonia); discharged to Admin Depot to Fargo Military Hospital. Proceeded overseas to France, 5 July 1917; taken on strength, 26th Bn, in the field, 31 July 1917. Wounded in action, Belgium, 7 October 1917. Court of Enquiry, 15 April 1918, concluded: 'Killed in action, 7 October 1917.' Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal Mother wrote to Base Records, January 1920: 'With regard to the War gratuity to the next-of-kin or parents of the Fallen heroes. Both my lads namely No. 2025 Corporal G.H. Zeller, 25th Batt. died of wounds 9.4.18 and No. 5700 Private T. Zeller, 26th Batt. killed in action on 7.10.1917, both made their Will in my favour as they always helped in my support before enlisting especially Corporal G.H. Zeller. Can I by any chance get the bonds cashed after they are issued, as altho' the Military allow me £1 week pension it is very hard to live on £1 per week now and owing to the dreadful drought we have nothing coming in this last 6 months and our few cattle are all dying out.' |
Sources | NAA: B2455, ZELLER Thomas |