Date of birth | |
Place of birth | South Brisbane, Queensland |
School | Wooloongabba and East Brisbane State Schools; Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Bank clerk |
Address | East Brisbane, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Next of kin | Brother-in-Law, Mr George L Elliott, c/o R M Gow and Co, Turbot Street, Brisbane, Queensland |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 49th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/66/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A42 Boorara on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 49th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Joined the Bank of New South Wales, Warwick branch, 23 July 1906. Transferred to Roma branch, May 1910; to Longreach branch, October 1911; to Brisbane branch, May 1913. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Messines Ridge, Belgium |
Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
Place of burial | Trois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row P, Grave 2), Steenwerck, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 148 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Robert and Maria McKIE. Native of Brisbane, Queensland |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | 'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 274. |