Regimental number | 290 |
Place of birth | Ballarat, Victoria |
School | Dana Street State School, Ballarat, Victoria |
Other training | Accountancy |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | 169 Flemington Road, North Melbourne, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Next of kin | Father, Charlie Henry Yates, 169 Flemington Road, North Melbourne, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Corporal |
Unit name | 22nd Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/39/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commissioned |
Rank from Nominal Roll | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 22nd Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | One of four brothers who served abroad, one of whom was also killed whilst a fifth enlisted but did not embark from Australia. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Pozieres, Somme Sector, France |
Age at death | 25 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Puchvillers British Cemetery (Plot III, Row A, Grave No. 2), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 98 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Charles Henry Treleaven and Louisa YATES |
Family/military connections | Brothers: Four, one of whom, 781 Corporal Harold Stanley YATES, C Company 21st Bn, was killed in action at Pozieres, France, 31 July 1916. |