Regimental number | 6165 |
Place of birth | Mount Mellick, Queen's Co, Ireland |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Manly, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 32 |
Height | 5' 9.5" |
Weight | 156 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Jane Flack, Freshwater, Manly, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Sydney, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 24th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/41/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 24th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | Queant Road Cemetery (Plot V, Row D, Grave No. 3), Buissy, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 101 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in Field of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, New South wales. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Sydney, 30 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 10 January 1917, and joined 6th Training Bn. Proceeded to France through Folkestone, 28 March 1917; marched into 2nd Australian General Base Depot, Etaples, 29 March 1917. Found guilty, 14 April 1917, of being out of bounds: awarded 6 days' confinement to quarters; taken on strength of 24th Battalion, 20 April 1917. Reported missing, 3 May 1917. Court of Inquiry, 14 December 1917, determined fate as killed in action, 3 May 1917. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, FLACK John Abraham |