| Regimental number | 9991 |
| Place of birth | Bellerive, Hobart, Tasmania |
| School | Woollahra Public School, New South Wales |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Typewriter salesman |
| Address | 'Nobbys', Crown Road, Queenscliff, Manly, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Married |
| Age at embarkation | 30 |
| Next of kin | Wife, Mrs R M Tapfield, 'Nobbys', Crown Road, Queenscliff, Manly, New South Wales |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
| Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 1, Reinforcement 13 |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/29/3 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Gunner |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| Fate | Effective abroad (still overseas) |
| Place of death or wounding | Ypres, Belgium |
| Age at death | 33 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 32 |
| Place of burial | Perth Cemetery (China Wall) (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 32), Zillebeke, Belgium |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 11 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Mowbray Lawson and Susan Elizabeth TAPFIELD; husband of Rosa Madeline TAPFIELD, "Syvlander", 89 Darley Road, Manley, New South Wales |
| Family/military connections | Brother-in-law: Corporal Lionel CHALMERS, Army Medical Corps, killed in action, 26 September 1917; Cousin: 2164 Eric Darcy TAPFIELD, 4th Bn, Imperial Camel Corps, killed in action, 30 March 1918. |