| Regimental number | 1808 |
| Place of birth | Kelso via Bathurst, New South Wales |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Clerk |
| Address | Glebe Lane, Kelso via Bathurst, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 19 |
| Height | 5' 5" |
| Weight | 148 lbs |
| Next of kin | Grandparent, Mrs E Brown, Glebe Lane, Kelso via Bathurst, New South Wales |
| Previous military service | Served in the Cadets and the Militia. |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 20th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/37/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A61 Kanowna on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 20th Battalion |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 23), Belgium The Menin Gate Memorial (so named because the road led to the town of Menin) was constructed on the site of a gateway in the eastern walls of the old Flemish town of Ypres, Belgium, where hundreds of thousands of allied troops passed on their way to the front, the Ypres salient, the site from April 1915 to the end of the war of some of the fiercest fighting of the war. The Memorial was conceived as a monument to the 350,000 men of the British Empire who fought in the campaign. Inside the arch, on tablets of Portland stone, are inscribed the names of 56,000 men, including 6,178 Australians, who served in the Ypres campaign and who have no known grave. The opening of the Menin Gate Memorial on 24 July 1927 so moved the Australian artist Will Longstaff that he painted 'The Menin Gate at Midnight', which portrays a ghostly army of the dead marching past the Menin Gate. The painting now hangs in the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, at the entrance of which are two medieval stone lions presented to the Memorial by the City of Ypres in 1936. Since the 1930s, with the brief interval of the German occupation in the Second World War, the City of Ypres has conducted a ceremony at the Memorial at dusk each evening to commemorate those who died in the Ypres campaign. |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 92 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Kelso, Bathurst, New South Wales. |
| Medals |
Military Medal 'During the operations on the morning of 15th April near LAGNICOURT, this N.C.O. acted as platoon commander and had his men well in hand during the whole of the operations. The duty devolved uponk him to clear the village of LAGNICOURT of the enemy. This he did in a thorough and systematic manner. He went through the village and established his platoon on a line about 1000 yards in front of the village and got in touch with the company on his left. His reports sent to Headquarters showing his position were concise and clear and greatly helped as to the disposition of the rest of the Company. He showed great dash and courage and led his men well by his own personal example.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169 Date: |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Proceeded from Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 3 August 1915. Transferred to hospital, 6 September 1915 (dysentery); thence to 13th Casualty Clearing Hospital, Mudros; discharged, 10 September 1915. Transferred by HS 'Dunluce Castle' to No. 3 Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 23 December 1915 (abrasions/bruises to head, face, neck); admitted to Convalescent Home, Helouan, 8 January 1916; discharged to duty, 15 January 1916. Taken on strength, 20th Bn, Moascar, 7 March 1916. Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 25 March 1916. Appointed Lance Corporal, 9 August 1916; Corporal, 12 November 1916; Lance Sergeant, 17 January 1917; Sergeant, 6 March 1917. Awarded the Military Medal. Killed in action, Belgium, 9 October 1917. Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
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