JOSEPH+INGRAM

Ingram, Joseph, Private, 3066, 48th Battalion, Australian Infantry Born Little Eaton, Derbyshire, England Enlisted Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 23rd August 1915 Died of wounds 7th August 1916 aged 24 Buried in Puchevillers British Cemetery, II, E, 12

Joseph was employed as an engine driver in Australia, and his next of kin was his sister, Miss O. Ingram, of The Olives, Little Eaton, Derbyshire. He was just under 5 feet 11 inches in height, 10 stone 10 pounds in weight, had a dark complexion, brown eyes and black hair. His religious denomination was Church of England. Originally enlisting into the 26th Battalion, he embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, aboard the HMAT Itonus, on the 30th December 1915. and on arrival in Egypt was allotted to the 48th Battalion on the 9th March 1916. Proceeding to France on the 2nd June, he arrived in Marseilles on the 9th. He was admitted to hospital suffering from influenza on the 16th July, and was under treatment until the 19th. He was wounded in action on the 6th August 1916, with gun shot wounds to the abdomen and the back, and died at the 3rd Casualty Clearing Station the following day. Personal effects sent to his sister after his death included an identity disc, a birthday book, badges, a purse, a letter, a photo, and four coins.

1911 Census A joiner Son of Henry, a colliery traffic inspector, and Alice Ingram, of Alfreton Road, Little Eaton, Derbyshire