Alvin Rudolph ZERNA

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Service Number:	3930
Enlisted:	7 April 1917, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Marrabel, South Australia, 12 April 1893
Home Town:	Cowell, Franklin Harbour, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Daw Park, South Australia, 3 May 1971, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Lutheran, Path 8, 126A. Cremation service held 5 May 1971
Memorials:	Cowell Men from Franklin Harbour WW1 Roll of Honour, Marrabel District Honour Roll

7 Apr 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3930, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
30 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 3930, 6th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 3930, 8th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Oct 1917:	Embarked Private, 3930, 6th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
30 Oct 1917:	Embarked Private, 3930, 8th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
2 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion, From 5th Pioneer reinforcements
6 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, From 32nd Battalion
16 Jun 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 48th Battalion
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Private, 3930, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
4 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3930, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 4th Miltary District as medically unfit

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Husband of Alma and Father of Doris, Melba, Valda and Olive. Sister of Selma.

*Tarnma was previously know as Friedrichswalde but was changed in 1918. Tarnma is west of Eudunda, SA.

Son of Wilhelm Gustav Zerna and Anna Caroline Zerna nee Duldig of *Friedrichswalde, SA.

Next if kin given as his sister Selma Zerna of Cowell, SA

Commenced return to Australia on 10 December 1918 aboard HT Somali disembarking on 3 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Alvin and Alma married on 13 November 1922 in the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Tarnma*, SA

At the time of his death he was residing in Glenunga, SA