Regimental number | 558 |
Place of birth | Mount Gambier, South Australia |
School | Mount Gambier Public School, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Miner |
Address | 4 Bank Street, Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 27 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs W Knight, 4 Bank Street, Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 3rd Battalion C Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/20/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | "Came from a Military family". |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Somme, France |
Age at death | 29 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 29 |
Place of burial | Ovillers Military Cemetery (Plot X, Row R, Grave NO. 6), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 36 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Parents: Archibald Hamilton and Mary Knight (formerly Hamilton), 11 Westbury Street, Hackney, Adelaide, South Australia |
Family/military connections | Brother; Killed in South African War |