Regimental number | 4837 |
Place of birth | Hayward Park, England |
School | Possibly Pickering State School, South Australia |
Other training | Nil. |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Pickering, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Father, Joseph Edwin Packer, Pickering, Yorke's Peninsula, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 32nd Battalion, 13th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/49/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 48th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 24 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Adelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row Q, Grave No. 5), Villers-Bretonneux, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 146 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Joseph and Lydia PACKER, Pickering, South Australia |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |