NUMBER:
Private 5339

BATTALION / UNIT / SHIP:
60th Battalion

PLACE OF BIRTH:
Macarthur, Victoria

NEXT OF KIN:
His wife, Florence Baulch

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
Brunswick, Victoria 21/2/1916

PHYSICAL DETAILS ON ENLISTMENT:
Age 31 years 5 months, 163 pounds, blue eyes and brown hair

RELIGION:
Methodist

OCCUPATION:
Builders labourer

PLACE & DATE OF DEATH:
He was killed in action on 26/9/1917 at Polygon Wood

LOCATION OF GRAVE/MEMORIAL:
He was buried at the Oxford Road Cemetery Ypres

RELATIONSHIP TO WOORAYL SHIRE:
He and his wife lived in the Dumbalk/Dollar, Victoria area in 1914

MILITARY/OTHER HISTORY:
◈ 21/2/1916 He enlisted in Brunswick, Victoria
◈ 4/4/1916 He embarked Melbourne on HMAT Euripides
◈ 12/5/1916 He disembarked Egypt
◈ 24/5/1916 He was allotted to the 59th Battalion
◈ 21/6/1916 He embarked Alexandria
◈ 30/6/1916 He disembarked Marseilles
◈ 19/8/1916 He was appointed an acting sergeant at Etaples
◈ 7/10/1916 He reverted to Corporal
◈ 7/4/1917 He reverted to Private
◈ 13/4/1917 He transferred to the 60th Battalion
◈ 3/8/1917 He went to England on leave
◈ 14/9/1917 He returned from leave
◈ 26/9/1917 He was killed in action
◈ At the time of his death Florence was living in Maryborough
◈ He left everything to Florence in his will written on 5/6/1917
◈ 27/9/1922 Florence received his plaque