MITCHELL, Albert
| Service Number: | 2118 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 March 1916, 12 mth AMC, Y and L, England |
| Last Rank: | Signaller |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ardsley, Stainforth, Yorkshire, England, October 1888 |
| Home Town: | Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Machinist |
| Died: | Merewether, New South Wales, Australia, 1953, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW GENERAL-23. 14. |
| Memorials: | Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2118, 34th Infantry Battalion, 12 mth AMC, Y and L, England | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2118, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2118, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 21 May 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Signaller, 2118, 33rd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
70 years ago today, on the Monday morning of the 22nd June 1953, Private Albert Mitchell, 33rd Battalion (signalman, Reg No-2118), machinist from Union Street, Adamstown, New South Wales and 11 Beresford Street, Wickham, N.S.W. and 47 Helen Street, Merewether, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 61. GENERAL-23. 14.
Born at Ardsley, Stainforth, Yorkshire, England about 1892 to John and Ellen Mitchell; husband of Katie A Mitchell nee Cockburn (married 1913, Adamstown, N.S.W., died 2.8.1915, Newcastle, N.S.W., http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137205844) and Jane Ann Mitchell nee Seymour (married 1924, Hamilton, N.S.W., died 1977?, sleeping next to Albert - GENERAL-23. 16, unmarked grave, not listed on Sandgate Cemetery website, database gives no date of burial; daughter Nita, sleeping with her father, died tragically on the 11th July 1928), Albert enlisted on the 20th March 1916 with the 34th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A68 Anchises on the 24th August 1916.
Admitted to hospital 21.5.1918 (septic toenails), 8.8.1918 (colic), 9.11.1918 (diarrhoea).
Granted leave to England and France from 9.2.1919 to 24.3.1919.
Albert returned home on the 24th November 1919, not being discharged until the 21st May 1920.
Mr. Mitchell’s name has been inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial, Adamstown Municipal District Roll of Honor, Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Albert’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record states Died 19th June 1953.
Officially commemorated 21.9.1953 – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html...
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
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Lest We Forget.
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