Place of Birth: Ballarat, VIC
Age: 31 years 1 month
Enlistment Details: Wednesday, 1 March 1916 - Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 5365 view online service record
Address:
Floodgate Hotel, 40 Crockford Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Bella McGibbney (sister)
153 Moorabool Street
Geelong, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Monday, 3 July 1916
Ship: HMAT Ayrshire A33
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion - 18th Reinforcements
Fate:
RTA: Friday, 20 December…
It is shaping up to be our wettest June in many years. It prompted a look at the place names that reveal Port Melbourne's watery foundation. A particularly flood prone spot was, and remains, the area around Ingles and Crockford St. In December 1863 "... a flood of unexampled severity occurred, which overwhelmed the low-lying land along the river course…