TATHAM, Alfred
| Service Number: | 3639 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Mandurah, Western Australia, Australia, April 1889 |
| Home Town: | Pinjarra, Murray, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | West Murray Public School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Fisherman |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 14 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Halls Head Mandurah Ultimate Sacrifice Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Pinjarra War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3639, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3639, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3639, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle | |
| 14 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3639, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3639 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Alf Tatham’s younger brother 1845 Pte. William James Tatham also of the 51st Battalion AIF had been killed in action near Fromelles about six weeks before on 5 July 1916, aged 20.
They were the sons of Joseph James and Catherine Ellen Tatham, of Pinjarra, Western Australia.
Alf was killed when the 51st Battalion assaulted the Fabeck Graben trench near Mouquet Farm in France on the night of 14 August 1916.
The Harvey Chronicle of Pinjarra reported during September 1916,
“The most grievous blow fell to the lot of Mrs. Tatham, when the news was broken to her that her son, Private ‘Alf.’ Tatham was numbered among the ‘honoured slain’ in the cause of freedom. This is the second son that Mrs. Tatham has had the misfortune to lose, as it only just a few short weeks ago that we chronicled the death of her son, William. To a mother to hear of the death of two sons in so short a time, even though that death is one of the noblest, is a burden that is doubly hard to bear. To Mrs. Tatham and her son, Mr. Joe Tatham, and relatives, we extend our deepest sympathy in their sad bereavement by the untimely death of two noble hearted sons and brothers.”
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