MASTERS, Alfred Edwin
| Service Number: | 2362 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 September 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sale, Victoria, Australia, August 1898 |
| Home Town: | Sale, Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Sale State School and Sale High School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank clerk |
| Died: | Wounds, University War Hospital, Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, 3 October 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Southampton Old Cemetery Row B9, Grave 174, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lakes Entrance WW1 Memorial, Lakes Entrance and District War Memorial, Rosedale Shire Honour Roll, Sale Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2362, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 20 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2362, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2362, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 29 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2362, 38th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", Shell wound (chest) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"The Sale borough flag was flown at half-mast on Wednesday in honor of Pte. Alfred Masters, son of Captain Masters, who has died as the result of wounds received some weeks ago." - from the Bruthen ands Tambo Times 17 Oct 1918 (nla.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 3rd October…… Private Alfred Edwin Masters was born at Sale, Victoria in 1898. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 2nd September, 1916 as an 18 year old, single, Bank Clerk from Rosedale, Victoria.
Private Alfred Edwin Masters embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Port Lincoln (A17) on 20th October, 1916 with the 10th Infantry Brigade, 38th Infantry Battalion, 4th Reinforcements. He was transferred to Willochra at Sierra Leone on 4th December, 1916 & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 29th December, 1916.
Private Masters was posted to 10th Training Battalion at Durrington, Wiltshire from Australia on 29th December, 1916. He was sent to Parkhouse Hospital, Wiltshire on 6th March & discharged on 17th March, 1917.
Private Masters was to be Acting Lance Corporal from 29th March, 1917. He was on Command at Bombing School, Lyndhurst from 12th August, 1917 & rejoined 10th Training Battalion at Durrington, Wiltshire on 26th August, 1917.
Acting Lance Corporal Masters was on Command at Officers’ Training School, Candahar Barracks, Tidworth, Wiltshire from 10th September, 1917. He was marched in to 10th Training Battalion on 23rd October, 1917 & reverted to rank of Private on 6th November, 1917 while posted at Sutton Mandeville, Wiltshire on proceeding overseas.
Private Masters proceeded overseas to France on 6th November, 1917 & joined 38th Battalion in the Field on 18th November, 1917 from Reinforcements.
Private Alfred Edwin Masters was wounded in action on 29th July, 1918. He was admitted to 10th Australian Field Ambulance on 30th July, 1918 with Shrapnel wounds to chest then transferred the same day to 5th Casualty Clearing Station. Private Masters was transferred & admitted to 11th Stationary Hospital in France on 6th August, 1918 then embarked for England on 21st August, 1918 on Hospital Ship West Australia.
Private Masters was admitted to University War Hospital, Southampton, England on 22nd August, 1918 with G.S.W. (gunshot wound/s) to Back & Chest.
Private Alfred Edwin Masters died at 5.45 pm on 3rd October, 1918 at University War Hospital, Southampton, Hampshire, England from G.S.W. to Spine, Cystitis & Septic Absorption.
He was buried in Southampton Old Cemetery, Hampshire, England & is included on the Family Headstone. His death is still acknowledged by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/southampton---old.html
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