Regimental number | 16728 |
Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | 6 Webster Street, Seddon, Victoria |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Christina Mary Bassett, c/o Mrs Henderson, Chatswood Road, East Prahran, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | Divisional Signal Company 3, Reinforcement 7 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 22/13/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Orontes on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 4th Divisional Signal Company |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Hooge Crater Cemetery (Plot III, Row G, Grave No. 11), Zillebeke, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 25 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Charles and louisa Osborne BASSETT, husband of C.M. BASSETT, 153 Flemington Road, North Melbourne, Australia. Born at Malvern Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |