Regimental number | 3224 |
Place of birth | Sale, Victoria |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Railway employee |
Address | Sale, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Height | 5' 8" |
Weight | 164 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Francis Ricketts, Sale, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 23rd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/40/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 59th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *Spelt Laurence Arthur Ricketts on NR |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 17), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 168 |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Admitted to No 3 Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis (no date recorded); transferred to No 2 Auxiliary Hospital, 3 February 1916 (pleurisy); discharged to duty, 17 February 1916; admitted to No 3 Auxiliary Hospital; transferred to British Red Cross Convalescent Depot, Montazah, 13 March 1916; discharged to Overseas Base, 3 April 1916. Taken on strength, 59th Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 20 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Posted missing, 19 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presumed Buried In No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, RICKETTS Lawrence Arthur |