| Regimental number | 2149 |
| Place of birth | Woolahra, New South Wales |
| School | Crown Street Superior Public School, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Other training | Technical College (Geology, Chemistry, Latin) |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Surveying engineer |
| Address | Iredale Avenue, Cremorne, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 18 |
| Height | 5' 3" |
| Weight | 110 lbs |
| Next of kin | Father, E C Banks, 76 Manning Road, Double Bay, New South Wales |
| Previous military service | Served in 5th Field Company Engineers, Senior Cadets; still serving at time of AIF enlistment. |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | Sydney, New South Wales |
| Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
| Unit name | 1st Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 11 |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 14/20/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Field Company, Australian Engineers |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | 'Passed Junior and Senior University Examinations. Junior with distinction.' (details from father) |
| Fate | Died of wounds |
| Date of death | |
| Place of burial | Etaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row K, Grave No. 3a.), France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 23 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Edwin C. and Annie Evelyn Banks, 'Melroy', Belmont Road, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Family/military connections | Brother: [14] Lt Edmund Clifford BANKS MM (Fr), Australian Flying Corps, returned to Australia, 25 October 1919. |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength, 1st Field Company Engineers, Tel el Kebir, 28 December 1915. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 21 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 28 March 1916. Attached for temporary duty at Royal Engineers Dump, 19 April 1916. Wounded in action, 23 July 1916 (gun shot wound, chest), and admitted to 1st Field Ambulance, 23 July 1916, and transferred to 1st South Midlands Casualty Clearing station; to Ambulance Train No 19, 24 July 1916, and admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital, Rouen, 24 July 1916 (gun shot wound, chest and left arm); transferred to 1st Convalescent Depot, Rouen, 25 July 1916; to Base Depot, Etaples, 27 July 1916; rejoined unit, in the field, 10 August 1916. Admitted to 2nd Field Ambulance, 20 August 1916; transferred to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, 20 August 1916 (burns to hands and face: cleaning out dug-outs, La Boiselle: soldier not to blame); to 26th General Hospital, Etaples, 21 August 1916 (burns, hands and neck); to 6th Convalescent Depot, 24 August 1916; rejoined unit, in the field, 3 September 1916. Wounded in action, 25 February 1917 (multiple shrapnel wounds, legs and left thigh); admitted to 1st Field Ambulance, and transferred to 45th Casualty Clearing Station, 26 February 1917; transferred to Ambulance Train No 31, 26 February 1917, and admitted to St John Ambulance Brigade Hospital, Etaples, 27 February 1917 (multiple gun shot wounds, legs). Died of wounds, 1 March 1917. |
| Sources | NAA: B2455, BANKS Julian Francis |
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