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WHIMPRESS, Alfred John
| Service Number: | 605 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gumeracha, South Australia, 26 November 1888 |
| Home Town: | Unley, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Daw Park, South Australia, 14 September 1963, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Columbarium/Wall 18/B001 |
| Memorials: | Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 605, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 605, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 605, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 19 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Severe gunshot wounds to buttock and thigh. | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Discharged in 4 MD. Granted pension due to wounds and shell shock. | |
| 25 Aug 2017: | Involvement AIF WW1, Returned to Australia (Medically unfit) ex BENALLA. |
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From Family Search website
When Alfred John Whimpress was born on 26 November 1888, in Kersbrook, South Australia, Australia, his father, John Whimpress, was 28 and his mother, Annie Eliza Stone, was 12. He married Ida May Tate on 27 September 1924, in Unley, South Australia, Australia. He died on 14 September 1963, in Daw Park, South Australia, Australia, at the age of 74, and was buried in Springbank, South Australia, Australia.
[Note the discrepancy in birthplace between this website and attestation papers signed by Whimpress when he enlisted. Kersbrook and Gumeracha are nearby towns in the Adelaide Hills.]
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