Regimental number | 2950 |
Place of birth | Liverpool, England |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Geeveston, Tasmania |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 33 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Rosina Brocken, Geeveston, Tasmania |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 15th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/32/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 47th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted 27 July 1915. Taken on strength, 47th Bn, 3 March 1916. Wounded at Pozieres, 10 August 1916. Mortally wounded, 2 May 1918. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Age at death | 36 |
Place of burial | Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot IX, Row D, Grave No. 6), Fouilloy, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 143 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania. |