Albert James VOLLER

VOLLER, Albert James

    Service Number: 1566
    Enlisted: 13 April 1915, Eaglehawk, Vic.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 24th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia, 11 November 1893
    Home Town: Eaglehawk, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
    Schooling: California Gully Public School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 November 1915, aged 22 years
    Cemetery: Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC
    Plot I, Row A, Grave 11, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    13 Apr 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1566, 24th Infantry Battalion, Eaglehawk, Vic.
    25 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 1566, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    25 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 1566, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    19 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1566, 24th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli
    29 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1566, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    Pte 1566 Albert James Voller was killed in action on 29 November 1915 when the Turks shelled the trenches at Lone Pine. The bombardment was so intense the roof and sides of many of the Anzac trenches collapsed, burying about 300 men in the rubble.

    Source: Gallipoli Heroes, p. 112

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