Regimental number | 4746 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Peterborough, South Australia |
School | Unley and Peterborough Public Schools, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Printer |
Address | Bourke Street, Petersburg, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Emily Melville, Bourke Street, Petersburg, South Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 27th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/44/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 27th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
Place of burial | Queant Road Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 6), Buissy, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 111 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: George and Emily melville, 39 Hart Avenue, Unley, South australia |
Family/military connections | Brother: 13596 Gunner Herbert MELVILLE, 2nd Division Trench Mortar Battery, returned to Australia 31 March 1918. |
Other details | War service: France, Belgium |