Regimental number | 3108 |
Place of birth | Coleraine Victoria |
School | Coleraine State School, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Coleraine, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Next of kin | Father, Donald McInnes, Muntham Glen, Coleraine, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 37th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/54/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | He was on the S.S. Ballarat when it was torpedoed on 25 April, he was rescued and reached Waymouth that same evening. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Villers-Bretonneux, 1918 France |
Age at death | 28.11 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 28 |
Place of burial | Adelaide Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 8), Villers-Bretonneux, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 128 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Donald and Sarah MCINNES, Muntham Glen, coleraine, Victoria, Australia |
Family/military connections | CPL, James McPherson Smith Hotspur, CO |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |