PAYNE, Alfred Roy
| Service Number: | 4569 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Clunes, Hepburn, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Clunes State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Painter & Decorator |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Clunes War Memorial, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4569, Depot Battalion | |
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| 28 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4569, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4569, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4569, 58th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4569 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Alfred Roy Payne enlisted in the AIF in Melbourne on 19 July 1915, aged almost 22.
He embarked overseas on 28 January 1916 and arrived in Egypt on 28 February, where he was later transferred and taken on strength of the 58th Battalion on 1 April 1916.
The battalion departed Egypt on 17 June 1916, disembarked at Marseilles on 23 June, then immediately moved by train to the area around Hazebrouck in the north of France.
The 58th Battalion went into its, and the AIF’s, first major action at Fromelles on 19 July 1916 and it was here on the same day that Pte Alfred Roy Payne was killed in action.
He was buried near where he fell however the grave could not be located after the war, and he has no known grave.
He is remembered at the VC Corner Australian Cemetery & Memorial at Fromelles, France.
Source: Extract from "Clunes War Memorial WW1" by Robert Wight, June 2022.
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