| Regimental number | 27 |
| Place of birth | Richmond Victoria |
| School | Central State School, Richmond, Victoria |
| Other training | Working Man's College |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Occupation | Electrician |
| Address | 376 Highett Street, Richmond, Victoria |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 26.9 |
| Height | 5' 11.5" |
| Weight | 186 lbs |
| Next of kin | Edward J Falloon (sen), 376 Highett Street, Richmond, Victoria |
| Previous military service | Served in No. 2 Company, Submarine Engineers. |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on enlistment | Lance Corporal |
| Unit name | 2nd Field Company Engineers |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 14/21/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A3 Orvieto on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Warrant Officer (Class II) |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Field Company Engineers |
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| Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Mention in Despatches Recommendation date: Military Medal Recommendation date: Bar to Military Medal 'Conspicuous courage and resource near Luisenhof Farm on 1 March 1917.' Recommendation date: Military Medal Recommendation date: Military Medal Recommendation date: |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of death or wounding | Ploegsteert, Belgium |
| Age at death | 30 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France Villers-Bretonneux is a village about 15 km east of Amiens. The Memorial stands on the high ground ('Hill 104') behind the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Fouilloy, which is about 2 km north of Villers-Bretonneux on the east side of the road to Fouilloy. The Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux is approached through the Military Cemetery, at the end of which is an open grass lawn which leads into a three-sided court. The two pavilions on the left and right are linked by the north and south walls to the back (east) wall, from which rises the focal point of the Memorial, a 105 foot tall tower, of fine ashlar. A staircase leads to an observation platform, 64 feet above the ground, from which further staircases lead to an observation room. This room contains a circular stone tablet with bronze pointers indicating the Somme villages whose names have become synonymous with battles of the Great War; other battle fields in France and Belgium in which Australians fought; and far beyond, Gallipoli and Canberra. On the three walls, which are faced with Portland stone, are the names of 10,885 Australians who were killed in France and who have no known grave. The 'blocking course' above them bears the names of the Australian Battle Honours. After the war an appeal in Australia raised £22,700, of which £12,500 came from Victorian school children, with the request that the majority of the funds be used to build a new school in Villers-Bretonneux. The boys' school opened in May 1927, and contains an inscription stating that the school was the gift of Victorian schoolchildren, twelve hundred of whose fathers are buried in the Villers-Bretonneux cemetery, with the names of many more recorded on the Memorial. Villers-Bretonneux is now twinned with Robinvale, Victoria, which has in its main square a memorial to the links between the two towns. |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 23 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Edward and Honor FALLOON, 376 Highett Street, Richmond, Victoria |
| Medals |
Military Medal Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 62 Date: Bar to Military Medal 'On 1st March, 1917, near LUISENHOF Farm he was in charge of his Section at work on the road. The parties were observed and heavily shelled by the enemy. At the time he was inspecting work done by another Section some distance away. He led this Section to a deep dugout and observing that his own Section was not under adequate cover and knowing of deep dugouts in the vicinity, disregarding his own safety he doubled back over 300 yards of shell swept area and put his own men under cover.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No 133 Date: |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Medals: Military Medal & Bar, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Postal Address:
Po Box 7916
Canberra BC 2610, Australia
Street Address:
Northcott Drive,
Campbell, ACT 2600
