NUMBER:
Private 1154

BATTALION / UNIT / SHIP:
37th Battalion

PLACE OF BIRTH:
Bunyip, Victoria

NEXT OF KIN:
His mother, Mrs. Susan Collister of Ameys Track via Foster, Victoria

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
Leongatha, Victoria 8/3/1916

PHYSICAL DETAILS ON ENLISTMENT:
Age 19 years 1 month, 5'6", blue eyes and light brown hair

RELIGION:
Methodist

OCCUPATION:
Farm labourer

PLACE & DATE OF DEATH:
He was killed in action at Villers Bretonneux on the 22/6/1918

LOCATION OF GRAVE/MEMORIAL:
He was buried in the Adelaide British Cemetery, Villers Bretonneux

RELATIONSHIP TO WOORAYL SHIRE:
He enlisted in Leongatha, Victoria

MILITARY/OTHER HISTORY:
◈ He attended Foster State School
◈ He is on the Foster Honour Roll
◈ 8/3/1916 He enlisted in Leongatha
◈ 3/6/1916 He embarked Melbourne on HMAT Persic
◈ 25/7/1916 He arrived Plymouth
◈ 22/11/1916 He went to France via Southampton
◈ 16/2/1917 He was wounded in the field
◈ 17/2/1917 He had an abrasion to the left eyelid
◈ 12/3/1917 He was admitted to hospital in Boulogne
◈ 24/4/1917 He marched out to the front
◈ 29/9/1917 He was sick in hospital with influenza
◈ 14/10/1917 He left France for England with trench feet
◈ He was in trouble for being AWL until early February 1918
◈ 29/3/1918 He rejoined his Battalion at Rouelles, France
◈ 22/6/1918 He was killed in action
◈ His effects were: 1 mirror (broken), 1 notebook, unit colours, cards, YMCA wallet, photos, letters, and 1 shoulder title
◈ In March 1926 a letter regarding a photograph of his grave was sent to the Imperial War Graves Commission
◈ In his will he left his estate to his mother