Regimental number | 5048 |
Place of birth | Manchester, England |
School | Newton Heath Board School, Manchester, England |
Age on arrival in Australia | 23 |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Farm hand |
Address | c/o Richardson & Co, Katanning, Western Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Height | 5' 8" |
Weight | 131 lbs |
Next of kin | Brother, Mr J W Bateman, Kojonup Road, Katanning, Western Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 11th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/28/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 11th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Died from mustard gas poisoning. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 27 |
Place of burial | Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 26), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 61 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Peter and Annie BATEMAN. Native of Manchester, England |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Disembarked Suez, 24 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 29 May 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 3 June 1916. Joined 11th Bn, in the field, 29 July 1916. Admitted to 2nd Field Ambulance, 9 November 1916 (debility and trench feet), and transferred to 36th Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to 1st General Hospital, Etretat, 11 November 1916. Transferred to England, 12 November 1916, and admitted to 1st Southern General Hospital, 13 November 1916; transferred to 2nd Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, 11 December 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 16 January 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 22 April 1917. On leave to United Kingdom, 11 September 1917; rejoined unit (date not recorded). Wounded in action, 2 October 1917 (gassed: mustard gas), and admitted to 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to Ambulance Train, 4 October 1917, and admitted to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbeville. Died of gas poisoning, 11 October 1917. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |