Alfred Ernest VILE

VILE, Alfred Ernest

    Service Number: 738
    Enlisted: 24 September 1914, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 3rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
    Home Town: Narromine, Narromine, New South Wales
    Schooling: Public School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Carpenter
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 19 May 1915
    Cemetery: 4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery
    Row E, Grave 1 Headstone inscription reads: God have mercy on his soul and let perpetual light shine on him, 4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Narromine War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    24 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 738, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 738, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 738, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 738, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    19 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 738, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of George and Mary Ann Vile of Neil Street, Harden, NSW later of 'Edithville', Harden, NSW . Brother of Percy Edgar Vile who was killed in action at Gallipoli on  29 April 1915 while serving with the 3rd Battalion and is buried in the Lone Pine Cemetery, Row L, Grave 14

    Medals: 1914-15 Star British War Medal, Victory Medal

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