Regimental number | 2840 |
Place of birth | Braidwood, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Mining engineer |
Address | Forest Road, Hurstville, New South Wales |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 41 |
Height | 6' 0" |
Weight | 136 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Emily Jane Loydstrom, Forest Road, Hurstville, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served in the School Cadets. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Sydney, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | 7th Field Company Engineers |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 14/26/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 16th Field Company Engineers |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Age at death from cemetery records | 45 |
Place of burial | Rookwood Necropolis (Portion Church of England (Section 7F, Grave No. 376), New South Wales |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 24 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Nicholas and Cecilia LOYDSTROM. Native of Araluen, New South Wales |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Berrima', 31 October 1917; disembarked Melbourne, for onward overland travel to Sydney; discharged (medically unfit: bronchitis), 30 June 1918. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal Died, No 4 Australian General Hospital, Randwick, 6 May 1920 (pulmonary tuberculosis). |
Miscellaneous details | Name enetered in correctly on Embarkation Roll as LLOYDSTROM. |
Date of death | |
Sources | NAA: B2455, LOYDSTROM Eric Bransley |