Regimental number | 1228 |
Place of birth | Islington, London, England |
School | Belmont Road School, West Green, Tottenham. |
Age on arrival in Australia | 17 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Cabinetmaker |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Father, Josh Antill, 43 Park Road, Loreen Lancashire, England |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 14th Battalion, H Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/31/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 14th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | He left London for Australia on 28 June 1913 at the age of sixteen and spent his seventeenth birthday on board the "Norceman" going out. His eighteenth birthday he spent in Australia. His nineteenth birthday he spent in Gallipoli. His twentieth birthday on the battle field in France and was killed two weeks before his twenty first birthday, after having been wounded on three previous occasions. (Mother) |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Ploegsteert, Belgium |
Age at death | 20.11 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | Mud Corner British Cemetery (Plot II, row B, Grave No. 9), Warneton, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 71 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Josh and Alice ANTILL, 43 Park Road, Harringay, London, England |