Book of Remembrance entry
B.E. : Sapper, 14th Field Coy., Engineers, A.I.F., France. Enlisting in August and sailing with 12th Reinforcements 1st Coy. n th December, 1915, crossed to France after six months in Egypt and made a survey of a section of trenches for the action at Fromelles, serving at Flers, Gueudecourt, Bapaume and Ypres till death.Killed in Action, Westhoek, 30th October, 1917, and buried hard by at Cross Roads, 1,000 yards east of village, alongside Westhoek- Zonnebeke Road. Commemorated in Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Early education at Paddington Public School and The Scots College. He has done excellent survey work for the Company and his loss is regretted by all.
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1880Birth in Orange -- NSW, Australia 18 January 1880
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?Early education at Paddington Public School, Paddington, NSW, Australia
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?Early education at The Scots College, Bellevue Hill, NSW, Australia
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1905Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1905
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1915Chief Surveyor at Cobar -- NSW, Australia 1915
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1915Enlisted 1 Aug 1915
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?Military service as Sapper at France --, France
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1917Death in Westhoek --, Belgium 30 October 1917
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