Fall - injuries resulting from a fall in German New Guinea
Service Details
Service
RAN - Royal Australian Navy
Date of Entry
1912-05-20
Rank
Chief Petty Officer
Official Number
5051
Discharged Date
1915-05-21
Discharge Type
DD - Discharged Dead
Service Period
1903-1915
Active Service (War service)
WW1
Service Record
Yes
Ship
Una HMAS - Patrol Vessel War Prize (ex German Govenors Yacht Komet)
Service 2
RN - Royal Navy
Official Number
153977
Cemetery Details
Cemetery Name
Rookwood Cemetery, Rookwood NSW 2141
Cemetery Address
Rookwood, NSW
Demonination/Area
Naval Section (Anglican Area 4)
Section
4 Naval
Row
3
Grave Number
578
Grave Type
Burial - Grave
Notes
Appears to have been a member of the South Australian Naval Forces prior to CNF.RAN service . HMAS Una CGM at time of death. Details very few. AWM has wallet of letters #1DRL/0208 The biographical note with it claims Possible English birth , Schooled at Christ Church School Greenwich, Served RN then RAN date of death tallies with our records suggests on the page he was born 1875 and death was a result of a fall in German New Guinea.
