HEALEY, Alfred Ernest
| Service Number: | 1547 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 January 1916, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 16th reinforcement’s 8th Light Horse Regiment at Seymour Camp Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 1 |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Newmarket, Victoria, Australia, 12 February 1871 |
| Home Town: | Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Campbelltown, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Natural Causes , Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 27 July 1948, aged 77 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bairnsdale War Cemetery, Victoria Presbyterian 3568 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1547, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 16th reinforcement’s 8th Light Horse Regiment at Seymour Camp Victoria | |
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| 29 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Miscellaneous Hospitals, Transferred to Langwarrin Isolation Camp for treatment and convalescence till 2nd December 1916 | |
| 15 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 1547, Camel Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Vestalia embarkation_ship_number: A44 public_note: '' | |
| 15 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 1547, Camel Corps, HMAT Vestalia, Melbourne | |
| 25 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Transferred to 4th Light Horse Training Regiment Egypt from reinforcement’s Australia | |
| 23 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Taken on Strength of Regiment in the field Khan Younis | |
| 3 Nov 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Battles of Gaza , Honours list 317 Egypt Expeditionary Force | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 1 Jul 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 1, HQ Education Services, Promoted Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1 Lecturer AIF Education Service UK | |
| 4 Feb 1920: | Embarked AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 1, 1547, 4th Light Horse Regiment, RTA 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment on HT Konsig Louise | |
| 5 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 1, 1547, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Pam Hamilton
On enlistment , Reported to have served with Thornycrofts Mounted Infantry in South Africa from 13th November 1901 to 3rd May 1902.
In addition service with the Natal Field Artillery from December 1905 to 30th July 1906.
Married Florence Jane Healey ( née Ross) 1908
Residing in Malvern Victoria at the time of enlistment.
Births Deaths Marriages record Albert Ernest Healey born Campbell Town Midlands Tasmania in 1871.
( Not Newmarket as stated on enlistment)
Albert Ernest Healey actual age on enlistment 44 years
AWM depicts the member with MM ribbon and service ribbons for South Africa 1901-1902 on tunic (c 1917)