Regimental number | 2944 |
Place of birth | Clarendon South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Fitter's worker |
Address | High Street, Cheltenham, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs A Merritt, Clarendon, South Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 10th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/27/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 13th Field Ambulance |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
Place of burial | Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot IX, Row D, Grave No. 2), France |
Commemoration details | Kangarilla Cemetery, South Australia ('For King and Country') |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 183 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Mrs. J. and Mrs Ann MERRITT, Clarendon, South Australia |
Family/military connections | Brother: 568 Pte Percival Charles MERRITT, 11th Bn, died of disease, Malta, 26 October 1915. |