PALMER, Albert
| Service Number: | 2967 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Port Waratah, New South Wales, Australia, 15 November 1891 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cooks Hill Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Moulder (A.A. Company) |
| Died: | Died of wounds , No. 2 Stationary Hospital, Abbeville, France, 8 August 1918, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 20 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cook's Hill Superior Public School , Cooks Hill St John's Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2967, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2967, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2967, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 28 Jun 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2967, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Gassed 28/6/1918, Died of Wounds (gas) at No. 2 Stationary Hospital, Abbeville, France |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 8th August 1918, Private Albert Ernest Palmer, 5th Australian Pioneer Battalion (Reg No-2967), moulder (A.A. Company), from 156 Darby Street, Newcastle, New South Wales with older sister Amelia Jane Weaver nee Palmer, born 1880, Lambton, N.S.W., died 4.10.1942, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 62, sleeping at ANGLICAN 1-18. 125, Died of Wounds (gas) at No. 2 Stationary Hospital, Abbeville, France, age 26.
No Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File.
Born at Port Waratah, New South Wales on the 15th November 1891 to William Frederick (died tragically 16.9.1893, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 47), from 61 Charles Street, Cooks Hill, N.S.W., and Dorothea (Dorothy) Palmer (died 9.9.1905, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 53, mother of 8), from 61 Charles Street, Cooks Hill, N.S.W. and 10 Church Street, Newcastle, N.S.W., Albert enlisted on the 31st July 1915 with the 4th Battalion at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on the 30th September 1915.
Admitted to hospital 4.12.1915 (mumps), 18.1.1916 (rheumatism), 19.5.1917 (rheumatism).
Granted leave to England from 24.2.1918 to 11.3.1918.
Wounded in action - 26.1.1917 (slight, remained on duty), 28.6.1918 (gassed, seriously ill). Died of Wounds 8th August 1918.
Mr. Palmer is resting at Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Plot IV Row C Grave 20.
Place of Association - Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Albert’s name has been inscribed on the Cooks Hill St. John's Anglican Church Honor Roll, Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Book of Gold and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name should have been inscribed on the Gardner Memorial.
I have placed poppies at the memorialised Palmer gravesite in remembrance of their son’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. ANGLICAN 1-28. 8.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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