Regimental number | 2561 |
Place of birth | Collingwood, Victoria |
School | State School, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | 96 Stafford Street, Abbotsford, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Next of kin | Father, Henry Herbert Geard, 96 Stafford Street, Abbotsford, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in Compulsory Training. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 4 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 14/15/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Pioneer Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted 30 August 1916 - 3rd Pioneer Bn 4th Reinforcements; taken on strength 3rd Pioneer Bn 16 March 1917; mortally wounded 7 June 1917. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Messines, Belgium |
Age at death | 19.1 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
Place of burial | Trois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row O, Grave No. 9), Steenwerck, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 173 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Henry and Mary GEARD, 96 Stafford Street, Abbotsford, Victoria. Native of Collingwood |