Regimental number | 3158 |
Place of birth | Orbost, East Gippsland, Victoria |
School | Orbost State School, East Gippsland, Victoria |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Brodribb, Orbost, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Height | 5' 9.75" |
Weight | 147 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Matthew Lynch, Brodribb, Orbost, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 24th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/41/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 59th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 17), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 168 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Paretns: Matthew and Mary LYNCH. Native of Brodribb, Orbost, Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Allotted to and proceeded to join 8th Bn, Serapeum, 24 February 1916. Admitted to No 11 Casualty Clearing Station, 25 March 1916 (pyrexia, unknown origin), and transferred same day to No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital, Ismailia (influenza); discharged to duty, 31 March 1916. Taken on strength, 59th Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 20 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Posted missing, 19 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume Buried In No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Name and address recorded incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as Rollery Gordon LYNCH, Broadribb. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, LYNCH Ellery Gordon |