Regimental number | 1024 |
Place of birth | Launceston, Tasmania |
Other Names | Roy Couston |
School | Scotch College, Melbourne, Victoria |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | 4 Isabella Grove, Hawthorn, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, W P Edmunds, 4 Isabella Grove, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sergeant |
Unit name | 26th Battalion, D Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/43/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Died of Meningitis |
Fate | Died of disease |
Age at death | 20 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 28), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 172 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Walter and Fannie Jane EDMUNDS, 4 Isabella Grove, Hawthorn, VIctoria. Native of Tasmania |