Regimental number | 13675 |
Place of birth | Surat, Queensland |
School | Surat State School, Queensland |
Other training | Book-keeping course, International Correspondence School. |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Oaklyn, Surat, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Next of kin | Father, A Dean, Oaklands, Surat, Queensland |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | Army Medical Corps, Special Reinforcements |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 26/99/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A61 Kanowna on |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | 'He enlisted at Surat but was rejected in Toowoomba, but tried again in Brisbane & was accepted. Being a bit of a bush poet he composed four pieces entitled 'Queensland Hundred', '----?', 'In the Desert', and 'Mother ---?' Two of them appeared in 'Western ---'. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 30 |
Place of burial | Pozieres British Cemetery (Plot III, Row M. Grave No. 36), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 182 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Alfred and Louisa Sarah DEAN, 'Oaklyn', Surat, Queensland |
Family/military connections | First Cousin: 8623 Pte Percy Frederick COLLINS, 3rd Division Supply Column, killed in action, 28 December 1916; (2nd Cousin: 6953 Pte Arthur CHERRY, 15th Bn, died of wounds, 6 June 1918; 10472 Company Sergeant Major Arthur George COLLINS MSM, 3rd Division Train, returned to Australia, 11 May 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |