Regimental number | 4596 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Moar Street, Eastwood, South Australia |
School | Norwood and Parkside Public Schools, South Australia; Parkside and Norwood Public Schools, South Australia |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Civil servant |
Address | Moar Street,Eastwood, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | Father, G Johnson Wark, Moar Street, Eastwood, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served in the Unley Cadet Corps. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 10th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/27/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Merris, France |
Age at death | 27 |
Place of burial | Borre British Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave 8), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 61 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: George Johnson and Sarah WARK. |
Other details | War service: Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt (engaged in training services); England (underwent a course in musketry and bombing); France (from 12 December 1916). Wounded, April 1918, by shrapnel; invalided to hospital; recovered and rejoined unit. |