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 |