Regimental number | 181 |
Place of birth | Bray, Wicklow, Ireland |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Timber worker |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Height | 5' 11" |
Weight | 160 lbs |
Next of kin | W Harper, Newtown, Kennedy, County Wicklow, Ireland |
Previous military service | Served in the Royal Navy (length of service not specified). |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 3rd Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps (Nov 1914) |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/112/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Eastern on |
Fate | No details of fate entered on Nominal Roll |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Photo: Robert and Sandra Crofts |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Rabaul Taken on strength of the 3rd Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Rabaul, 31 August 1917; appointed Warrant Officer, 1 September 1917. Returned to Australia on SS 'Melusia', 18 January 1918. Disembarked from SS 'Messina', Rabaul, and taken on strength of the 3rd Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, 3 May 1918. Discharged on account of being medically unfit for continued service, Sydney, 24 April 1921. Medal: British War Medal |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 36 |
Place of burial | Rookwood Necropolis (Sec. R.C. 10, 484), Sydney, New South Wales |