Regimental number | 5344 |
Place of birth | Adelaide, South Australia |
School | Kyre College, Unley, South Australia |
Religion | Congregational |
Occupation | Assistant |
Address | Tusmore Avenue, Knightsbridge |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs. Ellen Siddall, Highbury Street, Prospect, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served in the South Australian Volunteer Forces and the Cyclists' Rifle Club, Adelaide. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | 2nd Divisional Signal Coy.8th Reinf.Section 3 |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Signal Company |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Died of meningitis in Ghezireh Hospital, Egypt, 15 March 1916. |
Fate | Died of disease |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *Benton spelt Burton |
Place of death or wounding | Egypt |
Age at death | 23 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Cairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 350), Egypt |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 26 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Ellen SIDDALL, 118A King William Street, Adelaide, South Australia |
Family/military connections | Brother: Pte Ernest SIDDALL, No 2 Australian General Hospital, returned to Australia, 6 May 1919. |
Other details |
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |