Regimental number | 2775 |
Place of birth | Westham, England |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Telephone linesman |
Address | Perth, Western Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Height | 5' 5.75" |
Weight | 131 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Clara Ager, 79 Trinity Street, Canningtown, London, England |
Previous military service | 4th Essex Volunteers (2 years) |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 44th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/61/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A34 Persic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 44th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: England. Embarked Fremantle, 29 December 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 3 March 1917 and marched into Camp Details, Sutton Mandeville, the same day. Marched into 11th Training Bn, 8 March 1917. Admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, 9 March 1917 (appendicitis); discharged, 24 May 1917. Marched out of 11th Training Bn, Durrington, 11 June 1917, and marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, the same day. Commenced return to Australian on board HT 'Nestor'; disembarked Fremantle, 3 September 1917; discharged Perth (medically unfit: nephritis albuminaria), 3 October 1917. Medal: British War Medal. |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 43 |
Place of burial | Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, Western Australia |
Sources | NAA: B2455, AGER Walter Stephen Ernest |