ALOE, Jack
| Service Number: | 4052 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 December 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Reval, Russia, 14 January 1891 |
| Home Town: | Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fireman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 31 August 1918, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 9 Mar 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 4052, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' |
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| 9 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4052, 27th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide |
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Son of K ALOE, c/- British Vice Consulate, Reval, Russia
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"ALOE.- Killed in action in France, August 31, No. 4052, Pte. Jack Aloe, 10/27th Battalion after three years' active service.
Ever remembered by his friends at "Allendarra." - from the Port Pirie Recorder 02 Nov 1918 (nla.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Private Jack Aloe was born in Revel, Russia (which is now Estonia) on January 14th, 1891. He then moved to Port Pire, South Australia at an unknown time. Aloe’s next of kin was his father, K, Cole. Jack's previous occupation before the Great War was as a fireman. Jack was only 24 when he enlisted for the AIF on the 7th of December 1915. His place of enlistment was Adelaide, South Australia. Aloe was a religious man being a member of the Church of England. Aloe was never married and he was single before the war.
Aloe stood at of 5’7, and he came in at a weight of 139 lbs he also had short curly hair judging by photographs of him.
Jack served in the war as a Private in the 27th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement, his service number was 4052. He was transported on the RMS Mongolia on the 9th of March 1916.
Sadly, he was killed in action in France on August 31, 1918, in a campaign short after the Battle of Amiens. Aloe's is remembered at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial in France. Aloe featured on a newspaper on a section called “heroes of war” , it had a brief description on his place and time of death.
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