Regimental number | 3363 |
Place of birth | Arnold, Victoria |
School | Arnold State School, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Arnold via Inglewood, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, J C Metelmann, Arnold, via Inglewood, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 6th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/23/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 57th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Served 2 years in Egypt and France. Wounded on 26 November, 1916 |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Joyce's Farm, Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 23 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Bedford House Cemetery (Enclosure No. 4) (Plot VIII, Row H, Grave No. 36), Zillebeke, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 164 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Mr J and Mrs M. METELMANN, Arnold, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Cousins: 551 Lance Sergeant Norman GRAHAM, 38th Bn, killed in action, 7-9 June 1917; 660 Pte Wesley Hamilton GRAHAM, 30th Bn, killed in action, 12 May 1917. |