Veteran Notes/Bio
| Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Military Cross |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted as Driver of Artillery 17 August 1914. Obtained his commission on the field in France for gallantry and initiative 1916. Awarded MC for devotion to duty under heavy and accurate chill fire until severely wounded 1918. |
| Fate | Died of wounds 7 April 1918 |
| Place of death or wounding | Dernacourt, France |
| Age at death | 27 |
| Place of burial | Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1 (Plot VI, Row A, Grave No. 29), France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial |
16 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records |
Parents: John Richard and Evangeline LINSLEY, 100 Leichhardt Street, Waverley, New South Wales. Native of Kempsey, New South Wales. |
| Medals |
Military Cross 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during an attack on a position, when his battalion was under a very heavy and accurate shell fire. The control post was blown in by a shell, but he continued to direct and control the fire of the battalion in the open until he was severely wounded. His splendid courage under heavy fire and at a most critical time, was invaluable to his battalion and a fine example to his men.' |
