Alfred Henry DARVALL

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DARVALL, Alfred Henry

Service Number:	3333
Enlisted:	12 October 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	11th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Chiltern, Victoria, Australia, September 1877
Home Town:	Long Gully, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Accountant
Died:	Killed in Action, Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, 4 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

World War 1 Service

12 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3333, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
16 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 3333, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 3333, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne
13 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 11th Field Company Engineers, Belgium
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 3333, 11th Field Company Engineers, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3333 awm_unit: 11 Field Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1917-10-04
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 3333, 11th Field Company Engineers, Broodseinde Ridge

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

LED IN ACTION.
SAPPER A. H. DARVALL
News came to hand on Saturday that Sapper Alfred Henry Darvall, third son of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Darvall of California Gully, had been killed in action. Sapper Darvall was born in Chiltern 39 years ago. and spent the greater part of his life in this district. He enlisted in October last year, and sailed with the Pioneer Battalion in December. He was transferred to the Field Engineers in England. In his last letter, he mentioned that he expected shortly to go to the front. Just prior to enlisting He married Miss Lila Thomas (sister of the Rev. John Thomas, of the Methodist Church), who resides at Long Gully. Some years ago deceased was an active member of the Eaglehawk Rowing Club and was very closely connected with the Eaglehawk Presbyterian Church and Sunday School, and acted as secretary of the latter for 12 months prior to enlisting.
He represented a syndicate at Maldon Island, one of the Pacific islands. His brother, Trooper Charles Darvall, of Golden-square returned from the front in December last.

Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Parents: Charles George and Julie DARVALL, husband of Lina A.C. DARVALL, 19 Wilson Street, Long Gully, Victoria.

Native of Chiltern, Victoria

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