Regimental number | 997 |
Place of birth | Belmont, Geelong, Victoria |
School | State School, Victoria |
Other training | Carpentry |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Colac Road, Belmont, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 5' 7.5" |
Weight | 151 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Louisa M Lennox, Colac Road, Belmont, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served for 10 months in the Royal Australian Garrison Artillery, Geelong, Victoria; discharged on leaving the district. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Broadmeadows, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 8th Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/25/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A24 Benalla on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 60th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 19), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 170 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Marshell and Mary LENNOX. Native of Belmont, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brother: 2684 Pte Harold Marshall LENNOX, 29th Bn, killed in action, 2 November 1916. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 5 April 1915. Appointed Lance Corporal, 14 May 1915. Disembarked Alexandria, 7 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation). Appointed Temporary Corporal, 7 February 1916. Transferred to 60th Bn, 24 February 1916, and taken on strength, Tel el Kebir. Promoted Corporal, Ferry Post, 25 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Reported Missing, 19 July 1916. Now, 1 June 1917, reported 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916' (statement by 4004 Pte H. DYALL, 60th Bn). Statement, Red Cross File No 1590107, 4908 Pte H.W. PRETTY, 60th Bn (patient, St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, England), undated: 'Informant states that on July 19th at Levantie he saw Lennox shot dead in the German trench, which they reached but did not hold.' |
Sources | NAA: B2455, LENNOX Robert Thomas
Red Cross File No 1590107 |