ANNISON, Albert Thomas Stone Miller
| Service Number: | 1426 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 November 1914, Enlisted under the name Jack SAUNDERS. Tattoo both arms and chest, 5’6”, 10 stone, 13 pounds, dark complexion, hazel eyes, black hair, C of E |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Walton, Lancashire, England, 27 November 1884 |
| Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 22 January 1943, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1426, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted under the name Jack SAUNDERS. Tattoo both arms and chest, 5’6”, 10 stone, 13 pounds, dark complexion, hazel eyes, black hair, C of E | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1426, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1426, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne | |
| 12 Jul 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1426, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gun Shot Wound,and admitted No.2 Stationary Hospital, Mudros, influenza. 24 July, 1915 admitted 24th Casualty Clearing Station, shock. | |
| 4 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1426, 6th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Removed by stretcher bearers to Advanced Dressing Station, gun shot wound, scalp wound, compound fracture right forearm, transferred to the Casualty Clearing Station and on to Base Camp. | |
| 17 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 1426, 6th Infantry Battalion, Albert, one of 500 wounded returning to Australia per HMT Ascanius, departed Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Disembarked Melbourne, 30 April, 1916 | |
| 24 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1426, 6th Infantry Battalion, Jack confirmed in writing his real name Albert Thorne Stone Miller Annison | |
| 1 Jul 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1426, 6th Infantry Battalion, Received the 1914/1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals |
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Enlisted and served under alias Jack Saunders.
Albert T. Annison, stoker, Deserted from His Majesty’s Navy, HMS Promotheus, 14 November, 1911, 27 years of age (New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1854-1930).
1912 Married Amy Louise Fisher, registered under his real name, as was the birth of his daughters (https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history).
1914 Albert is registered on the Victorian Electoral Roll under his alias of Jack Saunders, kitchenman, and his wife is registered as Amy Louise Saunders (Australia Electoral Rolls 1903-1980).
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