Regimental number | 591 |
Place of birth | Wollongong, New South Wales |
School | Superior Public School, Wollongong, New South Wales |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Carpenter |
Address | Woy Woy, St Davids Road, Haberfield, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Next of kin | Father, George Bolton Humphreys, Box 13 Vogelfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Lance Corporal |
Unit name | 1st Battalion, E Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/18/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A19 Afric on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commissioned |
Rank from Nominal Roll | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Battalion |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Military Medal Recommendation date: |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Strazeele, Belgium |
Age at death | 29 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 29 |
Place of burial | Le Grand Haasard Military Cemetery (Plot 4, row F, Grave No. 5), Morbeccque, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 29 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: George and Laura HUMPHREYS, 'Lavadia', East Parade, Eastwood, New South Wales |
Medals |
Military Medal 'For great determination and courage during the first three days of Lone Pine, when he commanded his platoon in the captured trenches under heavy bomb and shell fire.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 62 Date: |
Family/military connections | Brother: 2858 Pte Harry Bolton HUMPHREYS, 1st Bn, killed in action, Pozieres, France, 23 July 1916. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |