BORN MALTON 1884. SON OF JOSEPH LING & MARY JANE (ASCOUGH) KING, 67 MERSEY STREET, HULL. HE HAD EIGHT BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA. EMPLOYED AS A WAREHOUSE MAN. LIVED AT 39 AVONA AVENUE, GLEBE POINT SYDNEY.
HE ENLISTED AT THE SPORTS GROUND, SYDNEY, ON 01/05/1916, AGED 31 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 8 INCHES TALL, 166 LBS WEIGHT, 37 INCH CHEST, HAZEL EYES, BROWN HAIR,ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION. HE LEFT SYDNEY, FOR PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND ON 09/09/1916. STATIONED AT BOVINGTON. ARRIVED IN ETAPLES, FRANCE ON 04/02/1917. SERVED AS A PRIVATE, 6298, IN THE 3RD AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE, IN THE FRONT LINE FROM 12/-2/1917. KILLED IN ACTION, AT ZONNEBEKE, ON 04/10/1917.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY JANE KING. UNMARRIED HE LEFT SIBLINGS, EMILY, PERCY, HAROLD, FLORENCE AND MAURICE, IN HULL.
