Regimental number | 1745 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Gladstone, South Australia |
School | Peterborough Public School, South Australia; Terowie Public School, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Stoker |
Address | Petersburg, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Mary Tripney, Petersburg, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served in the Junior Cadets in Commonwealth Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 48th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/65/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 48th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Somme Sector, France |
Age at death | 16.10 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 16 |
Place of burial | Ridge Wood Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row K, Grave No. 8), Voormezeele, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 147 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Harry Montague and Mary TRIPNEY, Tripney Avenue, Peterborough, South Australia. Native of Gladstone, South Australia |
Family/military connections | Brother:4232 Pte Eric Montague Tripney, 27th Bn, returned to Australia, 10 May 1919. |
Other details | War service: France, Belgium |