Detail victim

Name TEARE
Initials PN
First name PHILIP NORMAN
Place of birth O'Halloran Hill
Country South Australia
Last residence Keswick, South Australia
Family Son of Philip Thomas and Lucy Isabella Teare, of Keswick, South Australia.
Profession Porter at the South Australian Railways

Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 29 December 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Service number 4532
Rank Corporal
Medals British War Medal, Victory Medal, 1914/15 Star Medal
Regiment and unit 27th Bn. Australian Infantry
Division - Brigade 7th Brigade
Army - Corps - Division 2nd Australian Division
National force A.I.F.
Other data related to military career Embarked Adelaide 25 March 1916; to France 9 September 1916; promoted Corporal 14 October 1917

Wounded 3 May 1917, shrapnel wounds left knee
29 October 1917, Anzac and Westhoek ridge; The day of his fatal wounding, October 28th. "Bn in same positions. 'C' Coy carried 29th Bn rations forward to front line. Heavy bombardment of
ANZAC and WESTHOEK ridge with Mustard gas shells. a few slight casualties owing to shells bursting in shelters." (war diary)
Type of wounds Died of wounds (gas) at n°17 CCS
Date of death 2 November 1917
Died at the age of 24
Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXI - FF - 10