Alfred YEATES

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Service Number:	3591
Enlisted:	1 March 1917, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	44th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Chelsfield, England, 1875
Home Town:	Upper Swan, Swan, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Bayswater, Western Australia, 19 July 1960, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Crematorium Rose Gardens, Garden G, Grave 0180
Memorials:	Baskerville Upper Swan WW1 Honour Roll, Swanleigh St. Mary's Church HR WW1

1 Mar 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3591, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
29 May 1917:	Involvement Sergeant, 3591, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
29 May 1917:	Embarked Sergeant, 3591, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Borda, Fremantle
29 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 44th Infantry Battalion, From 51st Battalion
25 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3591, 44th Infantry Battalion, Severe shell wound to the right leg. Invalided to England on 31 May 1918
6 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3591, 44th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as wounded

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Son of James Yeates and Caroline Yeates of Chelsfield, England

Husband of Prudence Yeates nee Booth of 'Chelsfield', Upper Swan, WA. Alfred and Prudence married during 1917c in Perth, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 6 November 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served with the Royal Artillery for over sixteen years

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