Alfred John DALE

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Service Number:	1933
Enlisted:	2 March 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Quarryman
Died:	Died of wounds - chest and shoulder, 7th Casualty Clearing Station, France, 6 May 1916
Cemetery:	Merville Communal Cemetery, France Plot V1, Row Q, Grave 34 Headstone inscription reads: For honour, faith and right now in peace perfect peace , Merville Communal Cemetery, Merville, Dunkirk, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

2 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1933, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
17 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1933, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1933, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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Son of Ellis Dale and Ann Dale nee Lees of 'Latrigg', Warrnambool, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously a member of the local rifle club