Regimental number | 2663 |
Place of birth | Liverpool, England |
School | Arnot Street Council School, Walton, Liverpool, England |
Age on arrival in Australia | 23 |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Station book keeper |
Address | 11 Hale Road, Walton Liverpool, England |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 28 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs J Hoskins, 11 Hale Road, Walton Liverpool, England |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 18th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/35/2 |
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 | "His keeness to join to serve his country caused him to leave his work and journey into Adelaide to join Australian Light Horse - a distance of 200 miles from where he was working at the time. Being rejected for eyesight in Adelaide, he journeyed to Sydney and his services were accepted for the infantry." Details from Mother. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Poperinghe,Belgium |
Age at death | 29 |
Place of burial | Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXIV, Row C, Grave No. 12A), Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 36 |