Regimental number | 404 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Bendigo, Victoria |
School | Golden Square State School, Bendigo, Victoria |
Other training | Business College, bookkeeping |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | 46 Honeysuckle Street, Bendigo, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Edith B Teague, 46 Honeysuckle Street, Bendigo, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in the Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 38th Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/55/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 38th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Accidentally killed at Messines, ammunition dump explosion. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Messines, Belgium |
Age at death | 21.5 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | Strand Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 7), Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 130 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Edith TEAGUE, of 46 Honeysuckle Street, Bendigo, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Cousin (1st): 2nd Lt Thomas William GASTON MSM, 6th Bn, killed in action, 23 August 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |