Regimental number | 2865 |
Place of birth | Port Macquarie, New South Wales |
School | Wauchope Public School, New South Wales |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Butcher |
Address | 'Beechwood', Port Macquarie, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Father, J Colwell, 'Beechwood', Port Macquarie, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 20th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Trench Mortar Battery |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Villers-Bretonnuex, France |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 24 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Adelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row R, Grave No. 2), Villers-Bretonneux, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 19 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | PArents: John and A. COLWELL, Bechwood, New South Wales. Native of Port Macquarie, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Brother: Herbert Dickson (right name James Colwell) no. 2362, killed in action, 18 July 1915. |