Returned ANZACs,
Territory ANZACs,
First World War, 1914-1918,
Place of birth
Charters Towers (Qld.),
Place of enlistment
Enoggera (Qld.),
Date of enlistment
1915-08-28,
Age
20,
Occupation
Labourer,
Service
Australian Imperial Force,
Unit
15th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement,
Rank
Lance Corporal,
Service number
2763,
Next of kin
Margaret Chapman - Mother ; Railway Estate, South Townsville, Qld.,
Honours and awards
Distinguished Conduct Medal,
History
Embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A33 'Ayrshire' on 1 September 1915. Served on Gallipoli. Transferred to 47th Battalion. Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal, Commonwealth Gazette No.15, 4 February 1919; Military Medal and DSO. Returned to Australia, gun shot wound left elbow, HT 'Runic' 23 September 1918.,
Subject
World War, 1914-1918,
Northern Territory,
Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps,
History,
ANZAC,
Related links
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=7370365,
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067398%5CRCDIG1067398--394-.JPG,
http://www.awm.gov.au/research/people/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page.asp?p=1652490,
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/23/32/,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8477816,
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1527140/,
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1068088--42-.PDF,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/38329605,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/38686275,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3278117,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/62641389,
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1067901--93-.PDF,
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1067905--78-.PDF,
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=7370365 [Service Record],
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/23/32/ [Unit War Diary],
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3278117 ["Our Boys at the Front", Northern Territory Times and Gazette, 16 Mar 1916: 15.],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/26124585 [History of the 15th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force : war 1914-1918 by Thomas Percival Chataway and Paul Goldenstedt. Swanbourne, W.A. : John Burridge Military Antiques, 198-.],
http://www.awm.gov.au/research/people/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page.asp?p=1652490 [Nominal Roll],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/38686275 [Darwin Returned Servicemens' League (RSL) : A Concise History of its Conception and Development by Clive Francis Geddes. Darwin : Clive Francis Geddes, 2011: p.49.],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/38329605 [Battle scarred : the 47th Battalion in the first World War by Craig Deayton. Newport, N.S.W. : Big Sky Publishing, 2011.],
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1527140/ [Distinguished Conduct Medal],
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067398%5CRCDIG1067398--394-.JPG [Embarkation Roll - HMAT A33 'Ayrshire'],
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1068088--42-.PDF [Military Medal - Recommendation],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/62641389 ["Another Northern Soldier Decorated", Townsville Daily Bulletin, 25 Feb 1919: 4.],
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1067901--93-.PDF [Military Medal - Recommendation],
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1067905--78-.PDF [Military Medal - Recommendation],