Regimental number 4755
Place of birth Parknakyle, Old Leighlin, Co Carlow, Ireland
school National School, Old Leighlin, Co Carlow, Ireland
Age on arrival in Australia 26
Religion Roman Catholic
Occupation Railway navvy
Address PO, Liverpool, New South Wales
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 26
Next of kin Brother, J Comerford, Parkekil Old Laighlei, Co Carlow, Ireland
Enlistment date 4 September 1915
Place of enlistment Warwick Farm, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 2nd Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star of England on 8 March 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 53rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular Enlisted 4 September 1915 and posted to 2nd Bn 15th Reinforcements; taken on strength, 54th Bn, 20 April 1916; transferred to 53rd Bn, 30 May 1916.
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or wounding Fromelles, France
Age at death 30
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 7), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 157, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 157
War service: Egypt, Western Front.
Joined 54th Bn, Ferry Post, 20 April 1916.
Found guilty, 12 May 1916, of refusing to obey an order on active service: awarded 4 days' Field Punishment No 2.
Taken on strength of 53rd Bn, 30 May 1916.
Embarked from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 28 June 1916.
Reported missing in action, 19 July 1916. Fate subsequently determined as killed in action, 19 July 1916.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Place of birth Parknakyle, Old Leighlin, Co Carlow, Ireland
school National School, Old Leighlin, Co Carlow, Ireland
Age on arrival in Australia 26
Religion Roman Catholic
Occupation Railway navvy
Address PO, Liverpool, New South Wales
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 26
Next of kin Brother, J Comerford, Parkekil Old Laighlei, Co Carlow, Ireland
Enlistment date 4 September 1915
Place of enlistment Warwick Farm, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 2nd Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star of England on 8 March 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 53rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular Enlisted 4 September 1915 and posted to 2nd Bn 15th Reinforcements; taken on strength, 54th Bn, 20 April 1916; transferred to 53rd Bn, 30 May 1916.
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or wounding Fromelles, France
Age at death 30
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 7), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 157, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 157
War service: Egypt, Western Front.
Joined 54th Bn, Ferry Post, 20 April 1916.
Found guilty, 12 May 1916, of refusing to obey an order on active service: awarded 4 days' Field Punishment No 2.
Taken on strength of 53rd Bn, 30 May 1916.
Embarked from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 28 June 1916.
Reported missing in action, 19 July 1916. Fate subsequently determined as killed in action, 19 July 1916.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regimental number 4755
Place of birth Parknakyle, Old Leighlin, Co Carlow, Ireland
school National School, Old Leighlin, Co Carlow, Ireland
Age on arrival in Australia 26
Religion Roman Catholic
Occupation Railway navvy
Address PO, Liverpool, New South Wales
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 26
Next of kin Brother, J Comerford, Parkekil Old Laighlei, Co Carlow, Ireland
Enlistment date 4 September 1915
Place of enlistment Warwick Farm, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 2nd Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star of England on 8 March 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 53rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular Enlisted 4 September 1915 and posted to 2nd Bn 15th Reinforcements; taken on strength, 54th Bn, 20 April 1916; transferred to 53rd Bn, 30 May 1916.
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or wounding Fromelles, France
Age at death 30
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 7), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 157, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 157
War service: Egypt, Western Front.
Joined 54th Bn, Ferry Post, 20 April 1916.
Found guilty, 12 May 1916, of refusing to obey an order on active service: awarded 4 days' Field Punishment No 2.
Taken on strength of 53rd Bn, 30 May 1916.
Embarked from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 28 June 1916.
Reported missing in action, 19 July 1916. Fate subsequently determined as killed in action, 19 July 1916.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Place of birth Parknakyle, Old Leighlin, Co Carlow, Ireland
school National School, Old Leighlin, Co Carlow, Ireland
Age on arrival in Australia 26
Religion Roman Catholic
Occupation Railway navvy
Address PO, Liverpool, New South Wales
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 26
Next of kin Brother, J Comerford, Parkekil Old Laighlei, Co Carlow, Ireland
Enlistment date 4 September 1915
Place of enlistment Warwick Farm, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 2nd Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star of England on 8 March 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 53rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular Enlisted 4 September 1915 and posted to 2nd Bn 15th Reinforcements; taken on strength, 54th Bn, 20 April 1916; transferred to 53rd Bn, 30 May 1916.
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or wounding Fromelles, France
Age at death 30
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 7), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 157, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 157
War service: Egypt, Western Front.
Joined 54th Bn, Ferry Post, 20 April 1916.
Found guilty, 12 May 1916, of refusing to obey an order on active service: awarded 4 days' Field Punishment No 2.
Taken on strength of 53rd Bn, 30 May 1916.
Embarked from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 28 June 1916.
Reported missing in action, 19 July 1916. Fate subsequently determined as killed in action, 19 July 1916.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Inscription
"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"
Gravesite Details
"The fortune of war, has denied this known and honoured, ANZAC, burial given to his comrades in death."
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