LINGSTROM, Alfred Rupert Clyde
| Service Number: | 4834 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 October 1915, Dubbo, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dubbo, NSW, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Gilgandra, Gilgandra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Postal Assistant |
| Died: | 1952, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Gilgandra Coo-ee March Gallery, Wellington Hall of Memory Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4834, 13th Infantry Battalion, Dubbo, NSW | |
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| 8 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4834, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4834, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Mrs E Lingstrom, Warren Street, Gilgandra, New South Wales
Alfred passed the medical examination in Dubbo on October 13, 1915 and caught up with the Coo-ees at Blayney, marching to Sydney to train at Liverpool. He embarked on the HMAT Star of England on March 8, 1916 and trained in Egypt. In May 1916, he transferred to the Signal Section of the Engineers Training Depot and he remained in Egypt and Palestine for the remainder of the war.
Alfred returned to Australia on the HT Malta
on July 3, 1919 and arrived on August 10. Alfred was discharged on October 3, 1919.
After the war he returned to the postal department and was postmaster in country towns. He died in 1952 aged 55 and is buried at the Woronora Cemetery Sutherland.
Alfred was also known as Alf Lynne and Pug Lynne.
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