Service Number – 5037.
Rank – Private.
Unit / Division – 16th Battalion, transferred to 48th Battalion.
Enlistment Date – 5 November 1915.
Address on Enlistment – Railway Station, Bunbury, W. A.
Occupation on Enlistment – Clerk.
Next of Kin on Enlistment – Father- John Sansum, Mother- Emily Jane Sansum, both of Ballarat East, Victoria, Sister- E. Simmons, 26 Elm Grove, Richmond, Victoria.
Religion – Methodist.
Embarkation Details – From Fremantle on 31 March 1916 on HMAT A9 “ Shropshire “.
KIA / Mortally Wounded –
Date – 14 August 1916.
Place – Pozieres, Somme, France.
Age at Death – 26.
Burial Location / Commemoration Details – Sunken Road Cemetery, Contalmaison, Somme, France ( Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 13 ).
Panel Number, Roll of Honour (Australian War Memorial) – 147.