FLOATE, Alfred
| Service Number: | 6263 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 March 1916, Wickepin, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Ashington, Sussex, England, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Wickepin, Wickepin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 19 August 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Grave I.Z. 27., Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dudinin Wogolin Roll of Honor, Kulin Roll of Honour, Shire of Kulin Combined Services Honour Board, Wickepin District Roll of Honor, Wickepin District Roll of Honour WWI, Wickepin Fallen Soldiers Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6263, Wickepin, Western Australia | |
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| 13 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6263, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6263, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle | |
| 19 Aug 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6263, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Jun 1889 Floate Alfred Thakeham 2b 345
He was 28 and the son of the late Henry Floate and of Eliza Caroline Floate [nee Lelliott ] of Ashington. Later of “Wilburton” Ashacre Lane, Salvington near Worthing, Sussex.
He is commemorated in Sussex, England on the Ashington War Memorial which is to be found in SS Peter & Paul Parish Church, Ashington and takes the form of a white marble tablet with decorative top with lettering in black and a gold, incised, cross above list of names. The whole memorial is mounted on a black marble backboard. Ashington is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A24 road 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Storrington.
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