People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

1896
Maitland, New South Wales, Australia

Death

20 September, 1917 (aged ~ 21)
Ypres, Belgium

Cause of Death

killed in action

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• Irish

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Anglican

Education

• Fort Street Boys' High School (Sydney)

Occupation or Descriptor

• army officer
• chemist

Military Service

• World War I
• Battle of Passchendaele, 1917
• Dardanelles campaign, 1915-16
• 20th Battalion

Awards

• Military Cross

Workplaces

• Colonial Sugar Refining Co