BORN TIPPERARY, 04/07/1880. SON OF HANNAH TIERNEY (1848-1923) & JOHN BILLETT (1847-1917). MARRIED FRANCES RACHEL PLOUGHER, AT HULL IN 1916. THEY LIVED AT 1 RICHMOND TERRACE, ARGYLE STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS A CROSS BEARER AS A BOY AT ST CHARLES CHURCH, HULL. FORMERLY EMPLOYED AT THE NEPTUNE HOTEL AND BUTCHER’S ARMS, QUEEN STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/6TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 36. COMMEMORATED ON THE THEIPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH MEMORIAL, JARRETT STREET, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 05/10/1916.