DRANE, Alfred
| Service Number: | 4049 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Little Bardfield, Essex, England, United Kingdom, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Agricultural Farm Worker. |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 29 July 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension Plot III. Row G. Grave 5. INSCRIPTION THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY , Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dowerin War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 4049, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
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| 28 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 4049, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Alfred was born in Little Bardfield, near Braintree, Essex; his birth was registered in Dunmow.
Births Dec 1892 Drane Alfred Dunmow 4a 625
He emigrated to Australia aged 20.
He was 27 and the son of Moses and Emily Drane, of Church End, Little Bardfield, who chose the following inscription for his war grave:
THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY
He is commemorated on the memorial in St Katharine’s Church, Little Bardfield. The church, and the war memorial, underwent a restoration programme in 2007. The main tablet is white veined red marble within a wooden surround. Carved and gilded. The flags to each side of the memorial are carved wood, painted and gilded. The 1914-1918 war memorial commemorates one-fifth of the men of military age from Little Bardfield who died in the Great War.