Regimental number | 7341 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Fellmonger |
Address | Ultimo, New South Wales |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs M Clingan, 229 Bulwarra Road, Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 14th Battalion, 24th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/31/5 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 39th Battalion |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Military Medal Recommendation date: |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Medals |
Military Medal 'For conspicuous courage and devotion to duty. As Regimental Stretcher Bearer this man showed extraordinary coolness & bravery in collecting the wounded under heavy machine gun & shell fire on September 29th & 30th 1918 and he continued to work so during the following days the Battalion was in the line. He went from shell hole to shell hole looking for wounded and collecting stretchers and getting the American wounded away to the Aid Post. His coolness and bravery in the way he marshalled and organised volunteer stretcher bearers under fire & got the wounded to the Aid Post helped in a great measure to overcome a critical situation & resulted in the saving of many lives by removing men who would probably have died from exposure.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 115 Date: |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal |