Regimental number | 3209 |
Place of birth | Quirindi New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Blackville via Quirindi, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Father, Ralph Pendleton, Blackville via Quirindi, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 53rd Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/70/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 53rd Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Somer Farm Cemetery (Collective Grave A. 12), nr Ieper, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 158 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Ralph and Rachel PENDLETON, Willow Tree, New South Wales. Native of Blackville, New South Wales |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal Originally listed as 'No known grave', and recorded on the Menin Gate Memorial. A new headstone was installed in Somers Farm Cemetery, near Ypres, Belgium, following the research of Mr Peter Jones into the death of his grandfather, Lance Corporal Wallace Jones, killed in action, 17 March 1918. |
Sources | 'Sydney Morning Herald', 4 May 1918 |