ROMEO, Albert Lentiligent
| Service Number: | 4602 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 November 1915, Casula, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 1890 |
| Home Town: | Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Crown St School, Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds to right eye & Tetanus, 2nd London General Hospital, Chelsea, England , 4 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Kensal Green (All Souls) Cemetery Grave:173 and 174. 4. Personal Inscription OUR TEARS ARE THE FLOWERS ON YOUR GRAVE |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial, Surry Hills Crown Street Public School War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4602, 4th Infantry Battalion, Casula, NSW | |
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| 3 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4602, 4th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4602, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Sydney | |
| 4 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 4602, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4602 awm_unit: 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Albert Lentiligent ROMEOs parents were Albert ROMEO and Elizabeth EMMERSON who married in Sydney in 1884
He married Ethel M. TASKER in Sydney in 1910 and had two known children
1. Cecil ROMEO
2. Phyllis ROMEO
Biography contributed by Horizon Christian School
Albert Lentiligent Romeo was born in Sydney, NSW, Australia. His home town was in Surry hills, NSW, Australia. His only training was as an electrician. He was married to Ethel Romeo when he signed up for the war. He might have enlisted because it was a duty to serve his country, they would leave a regular man and come back a hero, another reason is that he was married and it would be protecting his family.
Albert embarked in the 4th Battalion. In March 1916 the battalion went to France and took part in operations against the German army in Somme Valley. This was Albert's last battle.
Albert then died on August 4 1916 in the Second London General Hospital in Chelsea. He died after getting shot in the head and getting meningitis from the wound. He was buried in Kensal Green (All Souls) Cemetery.
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in UK & Ireland”
Albert Lentiligent Romeo was born in Sydney, NSW in 1890 to parents Albert & Elizabeth M. Romeo (nee Emmerson).
He married Ethel May Tasker in 1910 in Sydney, NSW. A son – Cecil H. Romeo was born in 1911. A daughter – Phyllis Daphne Tessie Romeo was born in 1912.
On 25th November, 1915 Albert Lentiligent Romeo enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) as a 25 year old, married, Labourer from 407 Riley Street, Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW. He stated on his Attestation Papers that he had served with Royal Irish Rifles & was discharged due to completing his service.
Private Albert Lentiligent Romeo, Service number 4602, embarked from Sydney, NSW on HMAT Wandilla (A62) on 3rd February, 1916 with the 4th Infantry Battalion, 4th Reinforcements & disembarked at Alexandria on 7th March, 1916.
He embarked from Alexandria on 29th March 1916 on Troopship Transylvania to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) & disembarked at Marseilles, France on 4th April, 1916.
On 8th June, 1916 Private Romeo proceeded to reinforce 1st Pioneer Battalion from Etaples, France & was taken on strength of 1st Pioneers on 11th June, 1916.
Private Albert Lentiligent Romeo was wounded in action. His “Casualty Form – Active Service” states he was wounded between 22 to 27 July, 1916. Private Romeo was admitted to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station on 24th July, 1916 with gunshot wounds then transferred to No. 21 Ambulance Train on 25th July, 1916. He was admitted to 13th Stationary Hospital at Boulogne, France on 26th July, 1916 with shrapnel wounds to eye & head. Private Romeo was transferred to Convalescent Camp at Boulogne on 30th July, 1916 then transferred to Hospital Ship Jan Breydel the same day with gunshot wounds to right eye.
He was admitted to 2nd London General Hospital, Chelsea, England with shrapnel wounds to right eye (severe). (Statement of Service form records incorrectly he was admitted on 25th July, 1916).
Private Albert Lentiligent Romeo died on 4th August, 1916 at 2nd London General Hospital, Chelsea, England from wounds received in action in France - gunshot wounds to right eye & Tetanus. Cause of death also listed as 1. Wound of orbit & 2. Ancumsesceal Meningitis. Another form in the Service Record file of Private Albert Lentiligent Romeo records that he died on Pneumonial Meningitis.
He was buried on 9th August, 1916 in All Souls Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England – Plot number 10, Soldiers Plot, Square No. 213.
A letter was written from Base Records to Mrs E. M. Romeo, widow of the late Private A. L. Romeo, advising that the remains of her husband had been exhumed from the former site & re-interred in Grave No. 14, Section 173, Kensal Green Cemetery, London. The letter stated that “This work is carried out with every measure of care and reverence in the presence of a Chaplain.”
The Red Cross Wounded & Missing file for Private Albert Lentiligent Romeo contains the following letter: “In answer to your letter of inquiry as to No. 4602. Pte A. L. Romeo, 1st Pioneer Battn (late 4th Battn.) who died at St. Marks Chelsea on August 4th last – I am sorry I cannot give very many details as he was in the Hospital such a short time. However these are the facts as far as I have been able to ascertain them from the doctors and the sister who attended him.
He was admitted on July 30th with a gun shot wound in the head and was then a waking case, but suddenly became very ill, and lost consciousness, passing away on August 4th without regaining consciousness.
I saw the sister who looked after him, the day after he died, and she said she would like his people to know that everything possible had been done for him, so I wrote to Mrs Romeo, and I also went up to put some flowers on his grave, as I thought she would like it. I seem to have told you so little, but in such a short time – between his admittance to the hospital and his death – there really were as far as I can ascertain no further details, owing to his losing consciousness."
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/kensal-green--all-souls.html
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