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PERKINS, Alfred Spencer
| Service Number: | 8375 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 August 1915, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF |
| Born: | Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt - South Australia, August 1888 |
| Home Town: | Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Commissioner of Public Works Roll of Honour, Bowden Albert Lodge No 12 U.A.O.D. Roll of Honour, Hindmarsh Brompton Methodist Church Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 8375, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , at Adelaide | |
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| 22 Nov 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 8375, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Nov 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 8375, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne |
Vietnam War Service
| 3 Dec 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 8375, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , SW head |
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World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 8375, 2nd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, SW left shoulder and arm | |
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| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 8375 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
Alfred Spencer Perkins, kin of Alice Perkins, was born in approximately August 1888 in the town of Hindmarsh in South Australia and became a clerk before enlisting in the war. Perkins enlisted in the war on 9th of August 1915 in Adelaide. His first course of action was a gunner in the 6th Field Artillery Brigade. His rank up to 1918 was a gunner until he was later discharged. On the 10th of March 1916 he was admitted to Stanfield hospital with a viral disease called Mumps. He was monitored for sixteen days untill he was released/discharged from hospital on the 26th of March 1916.
On 3 December 1916 he was wounded in the head. This was a severe wound and he did not return to duty until April 1917. In July 1917 he was transferred to the 2nd Division's trench mortars, and a week later was wounded again, in the left arm and shoulder. This was more severe, and after recovery in England he returned to duty in April 1918.
He continued his service until the 21st of August 1919 until he was finally discharged from his duties, in the process of his service he was awarded two medals for his achivments on the same day, 4th August 1919. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory medal. His last known location was in Canberra but all other information regarding his whereabouts or status is unknown.