VOCE, Alfred
| Service Number: | 7909 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | London, England, January 1889 |
| Home Town: | East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telephone mechanic |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7909, 1st Australian General Hospital | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 7909, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 7909, 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, 7909, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| Date unknown: | Embarked Private, 7909, 1st Australian General Hospital |
Biography
Alfred Voce was born on January 1981, in Salisbury, London. Before enrolling to serve in WW1, he was a telephone mechanic married to Elise Voce. He was an experienced soldier, however, serving 3 years in the R.A.M.F before applying for the A.I.F on 14th July 1915 in Melbourne. He was enlisted as a private and joined the 1st G.G.H. Division.
Voce embarked on the H.M.S Tunisian from Alexandria on the 16th of June 1916, and arrived in Marseille 7 days later. Upon disembarkation, the 1st and 2nd division travelled north by rail towards the battlefields. Voce was then moved to the St Aire-Hazebrouck region of France also known as the ‘Nursery’.
He was then admitted to hospital on the 22nd of December for a slight wrist wound. The wound occurred that day on the site of Guillemont, but wasn’t the result of military service. He was found lying on the ground, blacked out from alcohol. At this point, he was an acting sergeant of the 13th. Field Artillery 5th Aust. Division. A court was assembled, and gathered to collect evidence on the injury on the 2nd January 1917. No charges were laid against Voce.
He was discharged from hospital to duty on the 18th January 1917. 8 months later, on the 6th of September, he was gassed in battle. Over the span of 8 months, he was wounded by gas shells on 3 more occasions, and these ultimately led to his discharge on the 16th of August 1919, being declared as medically unfit.
Submitted 30 November 2020 by Bowan Genrich
Biography contributed by Bowan Genrich
Contributed by Bowan Genrich, Charles Campbell College
Alfred Voce was born in January 1891, in Salisbury, London. Before enrolling to serve in World War I, he was a telephone mechanic married to Elise Voce. He was an experienced soldier, however, serving 3 years in the R.A.M.F before applying for the A.I.F on 14th July 1915 in Melbourne. He was enlisted as a private and joined the 1st G.G.H. Division.
Voce embarked on the H.M.S Tunisian from Alexandria on the 16th of June 1916, and arrived in Marseille 7 days later. Upon disembarkation, the 1st and 2nd division travelled north by rail towards the battlefields. Voce was then moved to the St Aire-Hazebrouck region of France also known as the ‘Nursery’.
He was then admitted to hospital on the 22nd of December for a slight wrist wound. The wound occurred that day on the site of Guillemont, but wasn’t the result of military service. He was found lying on the ground, blacked out from alcohol. At this point, he was an acting sergeant of the 13th. Field Artillery 5th Aust. Division. A court was assembled, and gathered to collect evidence on the injury on the 2nd January 1917. No charges were laid against Voce.
He was discharged from hospital to duty on the 18th January 1917. 8 months later, on the 6th of September, he was gassed in battle. Over the span of 8 months, he was wounded by gas shells on three more occasions, and these ultimately led to his discharge on the 16th of August 1919, being declared as medically unfit.