Regimental number | 5222 |
Place of birth | Carlton, Victoria |
School | Mt Morgan State School, Queensland |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Brown Street, North Rockhampton, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Mother, Emma L. Geldard, Brown Street, North Rockhampton, Queensland |
Previous military service | 1st Australian Light Horse; Served in Cadets and Light Horse. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | Divisional Signal Company 1, Section 2 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 22/11/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A19 Afric on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Divisional Signal Company Engineers |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 22 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Queant Road Cemetery, (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 9), Buissy, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 25 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Son of Orlande John and Emma Louisa Geldard, Nash Street, Gympie, Queensland |
Family/military connections | Cousins: Bert Brudenach Ballarat, wounded; 3501 Pte Clarence Timothy RYAN, 60th Bn, killed in action, 19 July 1916; Burt Stevens from Melbourne, killed in France. |