WEARNE, Albert Ernest
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 2 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 6th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Liverpool, New South Wales, 5 August 1871 |
| Home Town: | Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Liverpool Public School |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Died: | Burwood, New South Wales, 1957, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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| 23 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 23 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Light Horse Regiment, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney | |
| 19 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1 | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured Military Cross |
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6 Light Horse
Rank - Major
13 December 1916 - Mentioned is Despatches
20 January 1917 - Awarded Military Cross
20 April 1917 - Wounded in action - bullet wound to the head. Wound resulted in Albert having to have follow up treatment between 23 August 1917 and 5 November 1917
15 November 1918 - Embarked for Australia on board HT Wiltshire due to persistant headaches from head wound
Medals: Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Alson served in the Boer War with the 2 new South Wales Mounter Rifles; 3 New South Wales Imperial Bushmen; A Squaadron New South Wales Mounted Infantry Service number 71. Rank - Coporal later Sergeant. Invalided back to Australia
Husband of Margery Maud Wearne of Athol, Cecil Park, Liverpool, New South Wales. Father of Bertram Stevenson Wearne.
Son of William and Martha Wearne