Son of Cancel Thomas and Alice Docter, of 187, Edward St., Brunswick, Victoria. Age: Unknown.
Regimental number 2612
School St Ambrose School, Brunswick, Victoria
Religion Roman Catholic
Occupation Carrier
Address 187 Edward Street, Brunswick, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 24
Next of kin Father, Thomas C Docter, 187 Edward Street, Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date 2 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 26 July 1915
Place of enlistment Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 24th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 27 October 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 169
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Admitted to 4th Auxiliary Hospital, Abbassia, 20 February 1916 (diptheria); discharged to duty, 21 February 1916.
Discharged from 4th Auxiliary Hospital, 3 April 1916 (scarlet fever: no further details recorded).
Taken on strength, 60th Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 20 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'.
Statement, Red Cross File No 930405, 3183 Pte E.H. MELLERSHIP, 60th Bn (patient, Northants War Hospital, Duston, England), 14 October 1916: 'Informant states that on July 19/16 at the right of Fleurbaix Pte. Doctoer was wounded and he crawled to a creek for [a] drink. He had a drink and that was the last that was seen of him. Informant and others heard that it was found out afterwards that the creek was poisoned and all the men who drank of it died.'
Second statement, 4004 Pte H. DYALL, A company, 60th Bn (patient, Bethnal Green Hospital, London, England), 1 June 1917: 'I saw Docter lying dead in No Man's Land, killed by a machine gun at Fleurbaix, near Armentieres. We had been lying out all night. I don't think he was buried. They did not get half the bodies in. Docter had a brother killed at Gallipoli.'
Third statement, 2574 Pte G.E. CLIFTON, 60th Bn, 22 June 1917: 'I saw Casualty's body lying in front of the Big Pit in front of our trench at Fleurbaix on the 19th July. Casualty was killed as he left the parapet in the first wave.'
Note on file: 'No trace Germany[.] Cert. by Capt. Mills. 10-10-19.'
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous details Name entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as Thomas Canel DOCTOR.
Regimental number 2612
School St Ambrose School, Brunswick, Victoria
Religion Roman Catholic
Occupation Carrier
Address 187 Edward Street, Brunswick, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 24
Next of kin Father, Thomas C Docter, 187 Edward Street, Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date 2 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 26 July 1915
Place of enlistment Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 24th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 27 October 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 169
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Admitted to 4th Auxiliary Hospital, Abbassia, 20 February 1916 (diptheria); discharged to duty, 21 February 1916.
Discharged from 4th Auxiliary Hospital, 3 April 1916 (scarlet fever: no further details recorded).
Taken on strength, 60th Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 20 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'.
Statement, Red Cross File No 930405, 3183 Pte E.H. MELLERSHIP, 60th Bn (patient, Northants War Hospital, Duston, England), 14 October 1916: 'Informant states that on July 19/16 at the right of Fleurbaix Pte. Doctoer was wounded and he crawled to a creek for [a] drink. He had a drink and that was the last that was seen of him. Informant and others heard that it was found out afterwards that the creek was poisoned and all the men who drank of it died.'
Second statement, 4004 Pte H. DYALL, A company, 60th Bn (patient, Bethnal Green Hospital, London, England), 1 June 1917: 'I saw Docter lying dead in No Man's Land, killed by a machine gun at Fleurbaix, near Armentieres. We had been lying out all night. I don't think he was buried. They did not get half the bodies in. Docter had a brother killed at Gallipoli.'
Third statement, 2574 Pte G.E. CLIFTON, 60th Bn, 22 June 1917: 'I saw Casualty's body lying in front of the Big Pit in front of our trench at Fleurbaix on the 19th July. Casualty was killed as he left the parapet in the first wave.'
Note on file: 'No trace Germany[.] Cert. by Capt. Mills. 10-10-19.'
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous details Name entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as Thomas Canel DOCTOR.
Son of Cancel Thomas and Alice Docter, of 187, Edward St., Brunswick, Victoria. Age: Unknown.
Regimental number 2612
School St Ambrose School, Brunswick, Victoria
Religion Roman Catholic
Occupation Carrier
Address 187 Edward Street, Brunswick, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 24
Next of kin Father, Thomas C Docter, 187 Edward Street, Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date 2 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 26 July 1915
Place of enlistment Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 24th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 27 October 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 169
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Admitted to 4th Auxiliary Hospital, Abbassia, 20 February 1916 (diptheria); discharged to duty, 21 February 1916.
Discharged from 4th Auxiliary Hospital, 3 April 1916 (scarlet fever: no further details recorded).
Taken on strength, 60th Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 20 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'.
Statement, Red Cross File No 930405, 3183 Pte E.H. MELLERSHIP, 60th Bn (patient, Northants War Hospital, Duston, England), 14 October 1916: 'Informant states that on July 19/16 at the right of Fleurbaix Pte. Doctoer was wounded and he crawled to a creek for [a] drink. He had a drink and that was the last that was seen of him. Informant and others heard that it was found out afterwards that the creek was poisoned and all the men who drank of it died.'
Second statement, 4004 Pte H. DYALL, A company, 60th Bn (patient, Bethnal Green Hospital, London, England), 1 June 1917: 'I saw Docter lying dead in No Man's Land, killed by a machine gun at Fleurbaix, near Armentieres. We had been lying out all night. I don't think he was buried. They did not get half the bodies in. Docter had a brother killed at Gallipoli.'
Third statement, 2574 Pte G.E. CLIFTON, 60th Bn, 22 June 1917: 'I saw Casualty's body lying in front of the Big Pit in front of our trench at Fleurbaix on the 19th July. Casualty was killed as he left the parapet in the first wave.'
Note on file: 'No trace Germany[.] Cert. by Capt. Mills. 10-10-19.'
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous details Name entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as Thomas Canel DOCTOR.
Regimental number 2612
School St Ambrose School, Brunswick, Victoria
Religion Roman Catholic
Occupation Carrier
Address 187 Edward Street, Brunswick, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 24
Next of kin Father, Thomas C Docter, 187 Edward Street, Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date 2 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 26 July 1915
Place of enlistment Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 24th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 27 October 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 169
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Admitted to 4th Auxiliary Hospital, Abbassia, 20 February 1916 (diptheria); discharged to duty, 21 February 1916.
Discharged from 4th Auxiliary Hospital, 3 April 1916 (scarlet fever: no further details recorded).
Taken on strength, 60th Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 20 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'.
Statement, Red Cross File No 930405, 3183 Pte E.H. MELLERSHIP, 60th Bn (patient, Northants War Hospital, Duston, England), 14 October 1916: 'Informant states that on July 19/16 at the right of Fleurbaix Pte. Doctoer was wounded and he crawled to a creek for [a] drink. He had a drink and that was the last that was seen of him. Informant and others heard that it was found out afterwards that the creek was poisoned and all the men who drank of it died.'
Second statement, 4004 Pte H. DYALL, A company, 60th Bn (patient, Bethnal Green Hospital, London, England), 1 June 1917: 'I saw Docter lying dead in No Man's Land, killed by a machine gun at Fleurbaix, near Armentieres. We had been lying out all night. I don't think he was buried. They did not get half the bodies in. Docter had a brother killed at Gallipoli.'
Third statement, 2574 Pte G.E. CLIFTON, 60th Bn, 22 June 1917: 'I saw Casualty's body lying in front of the Big Pit in front of our trench at Fleurbaix on the 19th July. Casualty was killed as he left the parapet in the first wave.'
Note on file: 'No trace Germany[.] Cert. by Capt. Mills. 10-10-19.'
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous details Name entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as Thomas Canel DOCTOR.
Gravesite Details
Private, 60th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action.
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