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WITHERIDGE, Alfred Richard

Service Number:	2754
Enlisted:	26 April 1916, 6th Re-enforcements.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Callington, South Australia, Australia, January 1886
Home Town:	Queens Park, Canning, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Dairyman
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 25 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. Panel 23.
Memorials:	Ascot South Belmont Great War Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Belmont War Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

World War 1 Service

26 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2754, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), 6th Re-enforcements.
10 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2754, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
10 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2754, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle
6 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion
16 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2754, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Detached to 15th Field Ambulance as a stretcher bearer when he rejoined his unit following hospitalization for influenza.
25 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 2754, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2754 awm_unit: 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-25
25 Oct 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2754, 32nd Infantry Battalion, K.I.A.

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