Regimental number | 1908 |
Place of birth | Beechworth, Victoria |
School | Thurlow School |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Goulburn, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Eliza Greathead, 6 Chaplin Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 55th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/72/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A37 Barambah on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 55th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Father had served in the Royal Navy. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Delville Wood, France |
Age at death | 23 |
Place of burial | Guards' Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row M, Grave No. 3), Lesbouefs, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 160 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Henry and Eliza GREATHEAD. Native of Beechworth, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 4427 Bertie William GREATHEAD, 20th Bn, killed in action, Zonnebeke, Belgium, 9 October 1917; 1907 Henry Percy GREATHEAD, 55th Bn, killed in action, Le Transloi, France, 2 April 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |