Regimental number 4489
School Totnes Grammar School, Devon, England
Age on arrival in Australia 24
Religion Presbyterian
Occupation Shop assistant
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 26
Next of kin Sister, Mrs A G Evans, Milton Street, Mackay, Queensland
Enlistment date 20 June 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 13th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 54th Battalion
Other details'My brother was reported missing on 19-20th July, 1916 and 12 months later gazetted dead, but no information has been received as to whether his body was ever found or not.(Details from Sister)
Fate Killed in Action 19-20 July 1916, Somme, France.
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 10), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 159, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 159
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Embarked Sydeny, 16 February 1916; disembarked Egypt, 22 March 1916.
Joined 54th Bn, Ferry Post, 1 April 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Posted missing, 19/20 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19/20 July 1916'.
Note on Red Cross File No 1020811: 'No trace Germany. Cert by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.'
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
School Totnes Grammar School, Devon, England
Age on arrival in Australia 24
Religion Presbyterian
Occupation Shop assistant
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 26
Next of kin Sister, Mrs A G Evans, Milton Street, Mackay, Queensland
Enlistment date 20 June 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 13th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 54th Battalion
Other details'My brother was reported missing on 19-20th July, 1916 and 12 months later gazetted dead, but no information has been received as to whether his body was ever found or not.(Details from Sister)
Fate Killed in Action 19-20 July 1916, Somme, France.
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 10), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 159, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 159
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Embarked Sydeny, 16 February 1916; disembarked Egypt, 22 March 1916.
Joined 54th Bn, Ferry Post, 1 April 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Posted missing, 19/20 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19/20 July 1916'.
Note on Red Cross File No 1020811: 'No trace Germany. Cert by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.'
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regimental number 4489
School Totnes Grammar School, Devon, England
Age on arrival in Australia 24
Religion Presbyterian
Occupation Shop assistant
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 26
Next of kin Sister, Mrs A G Evans, Milton Street, Mackay, Queensland
Enlistment date 20 June 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 13th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 54th Battalion
Other details'My brother was reported missing on 19-20th July, 1916 and 12 months later gazetted dead, but no information has been received as to whether his body was ever found or not.(Details from Sister)
Fate Killed in Action 19-20 July 1916, Somme, France.
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 10), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 159, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 159
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Embarked Sydeny, 16 February 1916; disembarked Egypt, 22 March 1916.
Joined 54th Bn, Ferry Post, 1 April 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Posted missing, 19/20 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19/20 July 1916'.
Note on Red Cross File No 1020811: 'No trace Germany. Cert by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.'
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
School Totnes Grammar School, Devon, England
Age on arrival in Australia 24
Religion Presbyterian
Occupation Shop assistant
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 26
Next of kin Sister, Mrs A G Evans, Milton Street, Mackay, Queensland
Enlistment date 20 June 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 13th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 54th Battalion
Other details'My brother was reported missing on 19-20th July, 1916 and 12 months later gazetted dead, but no information has been received as to whether his body was ever found or not.(Details from Sister)
Fate Killed in Action 19-20 July 1916, Somme, France.
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 10), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 159, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 159
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Embarked Sydeny, 16 February 1916; disembarked Egypt, 22 March 1916.
Joined 54th Bn, Ferry Post, 1 April 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Posted missing, 19/20 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19/20 July 1916'.
Note on Red Cross File No 1020811: 'No trace Germany. Cert by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.'
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Gravesite Details
Private, 54th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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