Regimental number | 10144 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Burkes Flat, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Railway employee |
Address | Yarraville, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs J M Whitney, Post Office Linton, Linton, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, 5th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 26/103/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Orontes on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Driver |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 13th Field Ambulance |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance |
Family/military connections | Brother: 141 Corporal John Allan Jacobs WHITNEY, 8th Bn, returned to Australia, 15 August 1915; Nephew: 6375 Pte Edwin Llewellyn WHITNEY, 9th Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 16 March 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 56 |
Place of burial | Cremated: Rookwood Crematorium, Lidcombe, New South Wales |