Regimental number | 8816 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Koolunga, South Australia |
School | Koolunga Public School, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Koolunga, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs P. Dick, Koolunga, South Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Driver |
Unit name | 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 25/90/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A39 Port Macquarie on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 4th Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Transferred to 22nd Howitzer Brigade, 10 March 1916; taken on strength of 4th Field Artillery Brigade, 13 May 1916. Admitted to 7th Field Ambulance, 15 March 1917 (venereal disease); thence to 51st General Hospital. Discharged to Base Depot, 3 May 1917; total treatment: 50 days. Sick to hospital, 11 May 1917; taken on strength of 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column from Base Depot, 27 June 1917. Transferred to 4th Field Artillery Brigade, 19 July 1917. Admitted sick to hospital, 28 October 1917; discharged from hospital and taken on strength of 2nd DAC, 20 November 1917. Transferred to 4th Field Artillery Brigade, 27 November 1917. Appointed Temporary Bombardier, 4 January 1918; promoted Bombardier, 4 April 1918. Commenced return to Australia, 27 April 1919; disembarked Australia, 8 June 1919; discharged, 1 August 1919. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal ~ |
Date of death | |
Place of burial | Cremated: ashes interred at St Oswald's Memorial Gardens, Parkside, South Australia |