Regimental number | 1620 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Bendigo, Victoria |
School | Footscray and Stansbury Peninsula State Schools, Victoria; School of Mines, Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Fitter |
Address | Princess Street, Croydon, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Matilda Sprigg, Agery Road, Kadina, South Australia |
Previous military service | 77th Infantry |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 50th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/67/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 50th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details | War service: Egypt, France, Belgium. Contracted rheumatic fever; invalided to Ford House Hospital, Plymouth, England; recovered and returned to duty. Contracted trench fever, Ypres, Belgium; invalided to 1st London General Hospital; recovered and eturned to duty, September 1918. arrived back in Australia, November 1919. |
Date of death |