Regimental number | 5561 |
Place of birth | Essendon, Victoria |
School | Scotch College, Melbourne, Vcitoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Essendon, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Jane Coleclough, 125 Edward Street, Essendon, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in Cadets and Citizen Military Forces 58A Bn. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 24th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/41/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 24th Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Mont St Quentin, France |
Age at death | 24 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Daours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VII, Row B, Grave No. 45), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 101 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Jane and the late Richard COLCLOUGH, "Carlowrie", 125 Edward Street, Essendon, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brothers: [5073] Lt John James Graham COLCLOUGH, 5th and 58th Bn, returned to Australia, 5 May 1919; 5935 Corporal Herbert George Howe COLCLOUGH, 58th Bn, returned to Australia, 11 January 1919 ; Pte William Archibald Gordon COLCLOUGH, 57th Bn, returned to Australia, 21 April 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |