Regimental number | 493 |
Place of birth | Mount Moriac, Victoria |
School | State School, Victoria; grammar school, Kyneton, Victoria |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Methodist Parsonage, Burnie, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Father, Rev F Rankin, Methodist Parsonage, Burnie, Tasmania |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 21st Battalion, B Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/38/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 21st Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Died Colchester Military Hospital. |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of death or wounding | Pozieres, Somme Sector, France |
Age at death | 21 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | Colchester Cemetery (Plot T, Row I, Grave No. 6), Essex |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 94 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents; Francis and Alvina RANKIN, Golden Square, Bendigo, Victoria |