Regimental number | 2836 |
Place of birth | Forth, Davenport, Tasmania |
School | Forth State School, Tasmania |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Farm labourer |
Address | 9 Pretty Street, Hobart, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Fanny Armstrong, 9 Pretty Street, Hobart, Tasmania |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 26th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/43/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 12th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Died of wounds at 26th General Hospital, Etaples on 28 July 1916. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Pozieres, Somme Sector, France |
Age at death | 26 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | Etaples Military Cemetery (Plot IX, Row A, Grave 15A), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 68 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Matthew and Susan YAXLEY |
Family/military connections | Cousins: 2079 Lance Corporal Elijah YAXLEY DCM, 12th Bn, returned to Australia, 4 May 1917; 3694 Pte John William Yaxley STRATTON, 26th Bn, died of wounds, 8 August 1916. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |