Regimental number | 590 |
Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Dairy hand |
Address | Wingham, Dalhousie Street, Haberfield, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Height | 5' 5.5" |
Weight | 154 lbs |
Next of kin | Sister, Mrs Elsie Prentice, Wingham, Dalhousie Street, Haberfield, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served for 1 year in Senior Cadets (Volunteer scheme); 2 years in the 31st Infantry. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Sydney, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 1st Battalion, E Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/18/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A19 Afric on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 7103 |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of burial | Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXIV, Row F, Grave No. 4), Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 31 |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front To hospital, Gallipoli, 11 June 1915 (not yet diagnosed); admitted to No 15 General Hospital, Alexandria, 23 May 1915 (scabies); transferred to No 1 General Hospital, Cairo, 26 May 1915; discharged to Base Details, Zeitoun, 9 June 1915. Admitted to hospital, Abbassia, 25 June 1915 (gonorrhoea); discharged for return to Australia, 3 August 1915. Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Port Lincoln', 4 August 1916 (venereal disease); discharged, Sydney, 15 March 1916 (medically unfit). Re-enlisted, 19 September 1916; re-embarked Sydney as No 7103, 1st Bn, 23rd Reinforcement, on board HT 'Benalla', 9 November 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 10 January 1917. Found guilty, 14 February 1917, of, at Larkhill, being absent without leave from 2400, 22 January, until surrendering to Australian Military Police in London at 2215, 11 February 1917: awarded 20 days' detention and forfeiture of a total of 42 days' pay. Proceeded overseas to France, 15 March 1917; taken on strength, 1st Bn, 11 April 1917. To Musketry School, 28 April 1917; rejoined unit, 6 May 1917. Appointed Lance Corporal, 1 June 1917; promoted Temporary Corporal, 1 June 1917; Corporal, 10 July 1917. Wounded in action, Belgium, 21 September 1917 (shrapnel wound, right thigh and abdomen), and admitted to 6th Field Ambulance; transferred same day to 17th Casualty Clearing Station. Died of wounds, 21 September 1917. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |