Regimental number | 1644 |
Place of birth | Lake Cargelligo, New South Wales |
School | Private school and tuition at home |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Navvy |
Address | Central Wyalong, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, Timothy Dwyer, Wyalong PO, Wyalong, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 56th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/73/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 56th Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Peronne, France |
Age at death | 23 |
Place of burial | St Sever Cemetery Extension (Block R, Plot III, Row G, Grave No. 8), Rouen, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 162 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated on Wyalong Roll of Honour. Parents: Philip Timothy and Julie Esther DWYER, Main Street, Central Wyalong, New South Wales. Native of Booribil Station, New South Wales |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Disembarked Pt Said, Egypt, 16 May 1916. Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 21 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 29 June 1916. Detached to Lewis Gun School of Instruction, 23 November 1916; rejoined 56th Bn, 4 December 1916. Admitted to 15th Australian Field Ambulance, 9 February 1917 (septic sores, leg and body; scabies); transferred to 1st Anzac Scabies Hospital, 16 February 1917; to 3rd Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 17 February 1917; rejoined unit, 19 March 1917. Appointed Lance Corporal, 2 December 1917. Wounded in action, 1 September 1918; admitted to 9th Australian Field Ambulance (shell wound head; fractured skull); transferred to 6th General Hospital, Rouen, 2 September 1918; died of wounds, 22 September 1918. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |