George Herbert ALDERSLADE

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ALDERSLADE, George Herbert

Service Number:	5226
Enlisted:	13 January 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	West Ham, [then in Essex], now East London, England, 20 September 1893
Home Town:	Boggabilla, Moree Plains, New South Wales
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 24 November 1916, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	AIF Burial Ground, Grass Lane, Flers, France INSCRIPTION THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT Special Memorial 21.[Grave lost], AIF Burial Ground, Flers, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goondiwindi War Memorial, Moree ANZAC Centenary Memorial

World War 1 Service

13 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 15th Infantry Battalion
31 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 5226, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
31 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 5226, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
24 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 5226, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5226 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-24

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Births Dec 1893 Alderslade George Herbert W. Ham 4a 126.

He was 23 and the son of John Pearson Alderslade and Margaret Alderslade, of Penn Lodge, Temple St., Llandrindod Wells, Radnor, Wales. [also of 2, Park Crescent. ]

He emigrated, aged 19 to Australia. He reached France in May 1916 and was killed in action six months later.

He is remembered on the Llandrindod Wells war memorial but his name is incorrectly inscribed as Aldersley .

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