Number L/7942

Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment

Place of Birth Brighton Sussex 19/10/1880

Next of Kin His mother, Harriett Hyghgate of Brighton Sussex

Date and place of enlistment

He had served in the Boer War and enlisted to
join his former regiment. The men who wanted to
return to their former British regiments sailed
on the first Anzac Convoy.

Physical details on enlistment

Religion

Occupation Farm labourer

Date and place of death

He died on 24/9/1918

Location of grave or memorial

Bellicourt British Cemetery

Relationship to Woorayl Shire

Lived in the Mt Eccles area before enlisting

Military History

He was in the British forces was in Boer War. He left Mt Eccles to enlist and travel to England to join his old regiment.
He was in the Royal Sussex Regiment
He travelled to England on one ship of the Anzac Convoy. This ship carried those going to rejoin the regiments they had been in before.