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PORTER, Abel
Personal Details
Service Number: | 898 |
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Enlisted: | 7 September 1914, H, Company |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Armagh, Ireland, 1881 |
Home Town: | Highbury, Narrogin, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Clare National School, Armagh, Ireland |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 July 1916 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
7 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 898, 11th Infantry Battalion, H, Company | |
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2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Private, 898, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 898, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle | |
25 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 898, 11th Infantry Battalion, Killed In Action |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Abel PORTER was born in 1881 in Armagh, Ireland
His parents were James Edward & Mary Ellen PORTER