Roy Alfred NEWMAN

Regimental number22262
Place of birthSouth Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCommercial traveller
Address'Rhiauva', Punt and Toorak Roads, South Yarra, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, C Newman, 'Rhiauva', Punt and Toorak Roads, South Yarra, Victoria
Previous military service31st Battery Australian Field Artillery; Served in the 49th Inf Battalion, South Yarra.
Enlistment date12 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit nameHowitzer Brigade 23, Battery 109
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/133/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 20 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 11 March 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialEstaires Communal Cemetery (Plot III, Row L, Grave No. 3), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
5
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Isabell and the late Charles NEWMAN, 55 Verre Street, Brighton Beach, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal