Regimental number | 3625 |
Place of birth | Narrabri, New South Wales |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Cab driver |
Address | Double Bay, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 35 |
Height | 5' 8" |
Weight | 148 lbs |
Next of kin | Friend, Samuel Galbraith, 37 Bay Street, Double Bay, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Sydney, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 56th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/73/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 13th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 8), Fouilloy, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 68 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Town. Double Bay, New South Wales |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Sydney, 31 October 1917; admitted to Ship's Hospital, 25 December 1917 (mumps); disembarked Devonport, England, 26 December 1917, and admitted to No 4 Southern General Hospital, Plymouth, 26 December 1917; discharged, 18 January 1918; marched into No 1 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, 21 January 1918. Marched out to 3rd Training Bde, 26 January 1918; marched into 14th Training Bn, Codford, 27 January 1918. Proceeded overseas to France, 1 April 1918; marched into No 1 Overflow Camp, Calais, 1 April 1918. Proceeded to unit, 4 April 1918; taken on strength of 13th Bn, in the field, 17 April 1918. Wounded in action, 2 May 1918; admitted to No 12 Australian Field Ambulance, 3 May 1918 (shrapnel wound, right eye); transferred to No 61 Casualty Clearing Station, 3 May 1918; to No 7 Ambulance Train, 3 May 1918; to No 1 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, 4 May 1918; to No 6 Convalescent Depot, Etaples, 6 May 1918; discharged, 8 May 1918; marched into Australian Intermediate Base Depot, Le Havre, 11 May 1918. Proceeded to unit, 13 May 1918; rejoined 13th Bn, 19 May 1918. Killed in action, 4 July 1918. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, DAVIES Arthur Leslie |