PREECE, Alfred George
| Service Number: | 6879 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sandford, Victoria, Australia, 20 April 1880 |
| Home Town: | Balaclava, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Train examiner |
| Died: | Warragul, Victoria, Australia, 4 March 1924, aged 43 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Warragul Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Sandford War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 6879, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 6879, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Two of his brothers died, 979 Pte Henry Peter Preece 39th Battalion AIF was killed in action, 14 April 1917 and 2649 Driver Thomas Andrew Preece, 1st Field Artillery Brigade AIF, was killed in action 6 October 1917.
Alfred returned to Australia in April 1919, with medical issues from gassing, including influenza and a pulmonary condition. He passed away in 1924, at the age of 43, married and the father of eight children.
His death was officially acknowledged by the authorities as due to war service and his wife, Norah, was sent a memorial plaque and scroll during August 1924, a few months after his death.
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