Detail victim

Name
Initials
Vorname
Place of birth Birdwood
Land South Australia
Last residence Blumberg (Birdwood)
Family Son of Theodor and Mary Jane Pflaum, of Birdwood, South Australia; Raymond, his younger brother, died as prisoner of war, 19 July 1916; his older brother Elliot survived the war;
Profession Clerk

Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 16 July 1915, Keswick
Rank Second Lieutenant
Medals 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regiment and unit 25th Coy. Australian Machine Gun Corps
Other data related to military career Assigned to the 32nd Btn; embarked November 1915; transferred to the 8th Machine Gun Coy March 1916; promoted corporal June 1916; embarked from Alexandria June 1916; promoted sergeant September 1916; transferred to 25th Machine Gun Coy February 1917; was made 2nd Lt. in England for training in bombing and handling revolvers; returned to France September 1917.

Wounded 24 September, while supervising sending forward material from St Jaines's Trench to gun positions
Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds to the left thigh, compound fracture, while being transferred to n°10 CCS
Died at the age of 22
Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXV - F - 2