Regimental number | 615 |
Place of birth | Gawler, South Australia |
School | Gawler and Flinders Street Public School, Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Henley Beach Road, Mile End, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Next of kin | Father, Jas Short, Henley Beach Road, Mile End, South Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 32nd Battalion, B Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/49/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on |
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked. | |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from |
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked. | |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 29th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Flers, France |
Age at death | 24 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Caterpillar Valley Cemetery (Plot X, Row B, Grave No. 16), Longueval, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 116 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James and Jane SHORT, White Street, Highgate, South Australia |
Family/military connections | No.1744 Private Arthur Gawler Short, 16th Battalion, who was killed in action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli on 8 August 1915 and No.1775 Private Edward Charles Short, 27th Battalion and 2nd Machine Gun Company, who died of bronchial pneumonia at Abbeville, France on 27 September 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death |