Regimental number | 1928 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Charters Towers, Queensland |
School | Toowoomba Grammar School, Queensland |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk, GPO |
Address | Alice Street, Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Emily Welch, Alice Street, Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 13th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/7/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A36 Boonah on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Gunner |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in Queensland Garden of Remembrance |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
Was wounded at Bullecourt on 21 April 1917 and as a result had his left leg amputated below the knee. Died at Greenslopes Military Repatriation Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 84 |
Place of burial | Mt Thompson Crematorium, Brisbane, Queensland |