Alfred Robert CAHILL

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CAHILL, Alfred Robert

Service Number:	1825
Enlisted:	15 May 1916, Claremont, Tas.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Buckland, Sorell, Tasmania, Australia, 8 December 1885
Home Town:	Oakwood, Tasman, Tasmania
Schooling:	Private tuition by governess
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Killed in Action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 13 October 1917, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Tree Plaque:	Port Arthur Soldier's Memorial Avenue
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Spring Bay District War Memorial

World War 1 Service

15 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1825, 40th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tas.
8 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 1825, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
8 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 1825, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Hobart
13 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1825, 40th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, TOS 7 October 1917

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Biography contributed

Alfred Robert CAHILL was born in Buckland, Sorell in Tasmania on 8th December, 1885

His parents were John Robert CAHILL & Eliza Maria (Lila) NELSON

He married Helen Margaret WHITTINGTON

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His son Clyde McCartney CAHILL (SN 428103) served during WW2 in the RAAF and died in Germany on 4th March, 1945 - he was a Flight Sergeant with the 467 Squadron

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