Alfred Hugh HOMER

HOMER, Alfred Hugh

Service Numbers: 110, 2557
Enlisted: 27 August 1914, Broadmeadows, Victoria
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 57th Infantry Battalion
Born: Ballarat, Victoria, 28 April 1888
Home Town: Coolgardie, Coolgardie, Western Australia
Schooling: Ballarat Central State School
Occupation: Labourer/Farmer
Died: Died of wounds, France, 7 July 1918, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Vignacourt British Cemetery
Plot 4, Row B, Grave 2, Vignacourt British Cemetery, Vignacourt, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

27 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 110, Broadmeadows, Victoria
19 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 110, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 110, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 110, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
19 Jun 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 110, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (chest and thigh)
25 Sep 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2557, 57th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2557, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
28 Jul 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 57th Infantry Battalion
5 Jul 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2557, 57th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", 2nd occasion - GSW (arm, hand nose)
7 Jul 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2557, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2557 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-07-07

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Alfred Hugh HOMER was born on 28th April, 1888 in Ballarat, Victoria

His parents were William Frederick HOMER who came from Lancashire in England & Catherine OWEN who was born in Sebastapol , Victoria - they married in Victoria in 1885