Regimental number | 798 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Ballarat Victoria |
School | State School, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Collarmaker |
Address | 208 Armstrong Street, Ballarat, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, Charles Coutts, 208 Armstrong Street, Ballarat, Victoria |
Previous military service | 71st Infantry; Sgt in 1st Citizen Forces |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | LSGT |
Unit name | 31st Battalion, D Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/48/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commissioned |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 31st Battalion |
Promotions |
2nd Lieutenant Unit: INF31 Promotion date: |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Polygon Wood, France |
Age at death | 23.3 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Hooge Crater Cemetery (Plot XI, Row C, Grave No. 4), Zillebeke, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 118 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Charles and Margaret COUTTS, 208 Armstrong Street, Ballarat, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Uncle and two cousins died at the Front |