| Regimental number | 3903 |
| Place of birth | Evandale, Tasmania |
| School | Launceston Church Grammar School, Tasmania |
| Religion | Methodist |
| Occupation | Clerk |
| Address | Cambock, Evandale, Tasmania |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 18 |
| Next of kin | Father, J W Cheek, Cambock, Evandale, Tasmania |
| Previous military service | Nil |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 12th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/29/3 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Orontes on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 4th Brigade Machine Gun Section |
| Fate | Died of wounds |
| Place of death or wounding | Pozieres, Somme Sector, France |
| Age at death | 19 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
| Place of burial | Caterpillar Valley Cemetery (Plot XXII, Row B, Grave No. 4), Longueval, France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 65 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Lydia CHEEK, Evandale, Tasmania |