Date of Birth: 19 September 1895
Place of Birth: Wallsend, NSW
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918
Service: Army
Unit: 53rd Battalion
Rank: Private
Service number: 1584a
First World War Nominal Roll Page: AWM133, 12-108
Enlisted:9 October 1916
Next of Kin: Currey, Mary Ellen
Award: Victoria Cross
Reason for Award: Most conspicuous bravery in an attack on Péronne in France on the morning of 1 September 1918.
Date of London Gazette: 14 December 1918
Location in London Gazette: Page 14779, position 3
Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 23 May 1919
Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 886, position 3
Returned to Sydney on the Orsova 25 February 1919, North Head quarantine station until 3 March 1919
Date of death: 30 April 1948
Place of death: Punchbowl, NSW
Death Notice: Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 1 May 1948, page
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