Regimental number | 463 |
Place of birth | Bundaberg, Queensland |
School | St James School, Maryborough, Queensland |
Other training | Internation Correspondence School. |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Draftsman |
Address | 'Keilbar', Herne Street, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Mrs M New, 'Keilbar', Herne Street, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Previous military service | Served as an Officer in Citizen Froces Toowoomba. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Corporal |
Unit name | 25th Battalion B Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/42/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 25th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | From his early cadet days always a keen lover of things military when ot on parade hw was always anxious to keep in clerical matters at the various drill sheds. (details from Mother) |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Pozieres, Somme Sector, France |
Age at death | 23 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Grevillers British Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 9), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 105 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Arthur George and Maud NEW, Petersham, New South Wales. Native of Bundaberg, Queensland |
Family/military connections | Brother: 4567 Corporal Arthur Henry NEW, 15th Bn, killed in action, 4 July 1918. |