Regimental number 2350
Religion Baptist
Occupation Labourer
Address Elston, Mount Alexander Road, Essendon, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 21
Next of kin Alfred De Lisle, 352 Punt Road, South Yarra, Victoria
Enlistment date 10 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 21st Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 60th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 20), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 169, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Taken on strength, 21st Bn, Tel el Kebir, 7 January 1916.
Transferred to, and taken on strength of 57th Bn, Ferry Post, 1 April 1916.
Transferred to, and taken on strength of 60th Bn, 4 April 1916.
Admitted to 15th Field Ambulance, 6 April 1916 (enestrain), and transferred same day to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, and then to No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital, Ismailia (ametropia); discharged to duty, and rejoined Bn, Ferry Post, 8 April 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regimental number 2350
Religion Baptist
Occupation Labourer
Address Elston, Mount Alexander Road, Essendon, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 21
Next of kin Alfred De Lisle, 352 Punt Road, South Yarra, Victoria
Enlistment date 10 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 21st Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 60th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 20), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 169, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Taken on strength, 21st Bn, Tel el Kebir, 7 January 1916.
Transferred to, and taken on strength of 57th Bn, Ferry Post, 1 April 1916.
Transferred to, and taken on strength of 60th Bn, 4 April 1916.
Admitted to 15th Field Ambulance, 6 April 1916 (enestrain), and transferred same day to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, and then to No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital, Ismailia (ametropia); discharged to duty, and rejoined Bn, Ferry Post, 8 April 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Gravesite Details
Private, 60th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action. Age: 22.
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