Regimental number | 14725 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Toowoomba, Queensland |
School | Ipswich Central State School; The normal School, Brisbane; Toowoomba Boys' Grammar School, Queensland |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Bank clerk |
Address | Chinchilla, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, A B Marlay, Arthur Street, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | Army Medical Corps, August 1916 Reinforcements |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 26/99/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Field Ambulance |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Joined the Bank of New South Wales, Toowoomba branch, 26 August 1913. Transferred to Chinchilla branch, January 1915. |
Fate | Died of disease |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | Freetown (Kissy Road) Cemetery, West Africa |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 183 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Arthur and Nellie MARLAY |
Family/military connections | Brother: 6818 Pte Kenneth Frank MARLAY, 26th Bn, returned to Autralia,2 January 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Wounded in action, Bullecourt, May 1917. Commenced return to Australia from Plymouth on board HT 'Benalla', 28 August 1917. Disembarked Freeport, Sierra Leone; operated on for peritonitis and appendicitis. Died, 20 September 1917. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | 'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 255. |