Book of Remembrance entry
Arts II : Corporal, 54th Battn., A.I.F., France. Enlisting 31st August, 1915, and sailing 8th March, 1916, with 15th Reinforcements 2nd Battn., joined 54th in Egypt 20th April and, crossing to France in June, served till death. Killed in Action, Fleurbaix, 20th July, 1916. Commemorated in Fromelles Memorial. Early education at Hornsby and Dubbo Public Schools and Newington College (Dux). In the dawn of a splendid manhood he gave himself, his greatest gift, and wrote as he faced the firing line ‘"I am where I think I ought to be and where I believe God
means me to be, and I have no fears for the future for I am in His care"
means me to be, and I have no fears for the future for I am in His care"
TIMELINE
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1894Birth in Kogarah -- NSW, Australia 21 December 1894
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?Early education at Hornsby Public School, Hornsby, NSW, Australia
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1902Early education at Dubbo Public School, Dubbo, NSW, Australia 1902
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1905Early education at Newington College, Stanmore, NSW, Australia 1905
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1915Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1915
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1915Military service as Corporal 31 August 1915
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1916Military service as Corporal at France --, France 1916
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1916Death in Fromelles --, France 20 July 1916
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