Alfred BLIGHT

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Service Number:	1100
Enlisted:	14 May 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hindmarsh, South Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Bowden, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 5 October 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hindmarsh Federated Brick, Tile & Pottery Industrial Union Roll of Honor, Hindmarsh Way Memorial Methodist Church Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

14 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
31 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1100, 27th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 1100, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide

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