Regimental number | 3072 |
Place of birth | Broken Hill, New South Wales |
School | Roman Catholic School, New South Wales |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Bricklayer |
Address | Cobalt Street, Mount Zynon, Broken Hill, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Height | 5' 7.5" |
Weight | 150 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Margaret Creedon, Cobalt Street, Mount Zynon, Broken Hill, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Keswick, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 27th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/44/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 32nd Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Not officially notified of place of death. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Believed to be Fleurbaix, France |
Age at death | 25 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 5), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 120 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Denis and Margaret CREEDON, Cobalt Street, Broken Hill, New South Wales |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength of 32nd Bn as a supernumerary, Duntroon Plateau, 6 April 1916. Found guilty, 5 May 1916, of being absent from 0630 hours parade: awarded 2 days' confined to camp. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916. Posted missing, 20 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 12 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 20 July 1916'. Note on Red Cross File No 830705: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills, 10.10.19.' Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, CREEDON John Vincent
Red Cross file 830705 |