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CAPPER, Alfred
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1560 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 23 December 1891 |
| Home Town: | North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plasterer |
| Died: | Gilberton, South Australia, 6 January 1937, aged 45 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (General) Eyre North, Path 4N, Aspect W, Grave 23 Commemorated with a plaque in the South Australia Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | Magill Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1560, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1560, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 25 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1560, 10th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to an old thumb injury |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Capper and Rebecca Capper nee Alsop of North Adelaide, SA. Brother of Lillie Capper, William Benjamin Thomas Capper, Ida Capper, Amy Capper, Sydney Capper, Walter Reginald Capper and Ruby Gertrude Capper
Husband of Edith Jean Capper nee Air of Jeffcott Street, North Adelaide, SA, Cyril and Edith married on 3 May 1913 in the Methodist Pasonage on Sydenham Road, Norwood, SA
Commenced return to Australia on 20 June 1919 aboard Konigfredch August disembarking on the 6 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Adelaide
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal