Regimental number | 3985 |
Place of birth | Surry Hills, New South Wales |
School | De La Salle Brothers (Catholic) School, Surry Hills, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Carter |
Address | Enfield, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Next of kin | Friend, E M Ford, Heaton Park Norfolk Street, Enfield, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Compulsory Training Force, NSW |
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Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 13th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/30/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 45th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | "Only that actuated by the highest of patriotic motives the boy enlisted seeing that so many "cold footers" were at large, not "men" but "persons" of a greater age than he. Details from Mother. |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Place of death or wounding | Broodseinde, Passchendaele, Belgium |
Age at death | 19 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance |
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