Alfred ABBOTT

Badge Number: 29646, Sub Branch: Woodville
29646

ABBOTT, Alfred

Service Number: 3250
Enlisted: 18 September 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 50th Infantry Battalion
Born: Maylands, South Australia, 15 October 1894
Home Town: Cheltenham, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Motor Mechanic
Died: Grange, South Australia, 12 August 1955, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
Section KO, Road 15, Site # 68
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World War 1 Service

18 Sep 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3250, 50th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria
16 Dec 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3250, 50th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1,

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16 Dec 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3250, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide
8 Nov 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3250, 50th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan

Born 15/10/1894 in Maylands, SA

Father             and Mother Mrs Emily Abbott, lived at 41 Frederick Street, Maylands, SA.

On enlisting Alfred lived at 4 Albert Street, Melbourne, Victoria.

Described on enlisting as 22 years old; single; Church of England

18/9/1916      enlisted

16/12/1916    embarked from Outer Harbour, SA onboard HMAT Berrima A35
                     as a Private with the 50th Infantry Battalion, 8th reinforcements

 

Returned to Australia

12/8/1955      passed away
buried in:        West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, SA (AIF section)
                     Section KO, Road 15, Site # 68

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan.   2/12/2016.  Lest we forget.

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