Born: 22 June 1893
Died: 21 September 1918
Died on service.
B.E. : Lieutenant, 78th Field Coy., R.E., B.E.F., France.
Sailing 23rd November, 1915, was one of the first three Engineering graduates granted an R.E. commission, being appointed Second Lieutenant in England 15th January, 1916. Promoted lieutenant On the Field and recommended for captaincy just prior to death. Mentioned in Despatches twice.
Died of Wounds, Gueudecourt, 21st September, 1918, and was buried in Five Points Cemetery, Ytres-Etricourt.
Early education at Sydney Church of England Grammar School.
"... He would most certainly have been awarded M.C. had he lived...” — J. Ferguson, Lt.-Col., R.E., 17th Divn.
Source: Book of Remembrance, University of Sydney
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