| Regimental number | 2783 |
| Date of birth | |
| Place of birth | Catherine St, North Kensington, South Australia |
| School | Rose Park State School and Norwood High School, South Australia |
| Religion | Baptist |
| Occupation | Jeweller |
| Address | Tudor Street, Victoria Park,, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 19 |
| Next of kin | Father, D B Archibald, Tudor Street, Victoria Park,, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Previous military service | Joined 1st Voluntary Cadets, 1st Compulsory Cadets, Sergeant in Citizen Military Forces at Enlistment in A.I.F. |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 10th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/27/3 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Battalion |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Won 1st Prize in 1st Cadet Competition. Won 2nd Prize in 2nd Competition. Was wounded at Fleurbaix July 1916. Was 5 months in Taplow Hospital with trench feet December 1916. Marked C.III. but sent back owing to want of reinforcements in October 1917. (Father) |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of death or wounding | Meteren |
| Age at death | 22.6 |
| Place of burial | Meteren Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row L, Grave No. 303), France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 58 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: David and Emma ARCHIBALD, 16 Tudor Street, Victoria Park, Western Australia. Native of Adelaide |
| Other details | War service: Egypt, France, Belgium. Wounded, Pozieres, France, 22 July 1916; invalided to British Hospital, Etaples; recovered and returned to duty. Contracted trench feet; invalided to England; recovered. |