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FULLER, Louis Albert
| Service Number: | 1856 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 September 1915, Enlisted in Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Fullerville via Booleroo Centre, SA, 25 May 1895 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | 8 May 1978, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 1856, Enlisted in Adelaide | |
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| 5 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 1856, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 1856, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Afric, Melbourne | |
| 2 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 1856 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
13 September 1915 - Parent sign letter of consent for Louis to serve overseas.
20 April 1919 - Returned to Australia on board Boonah
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
RSL Information
31 March 1935 - Joined Burnside Sub Branch; residental address at the time was 32 Dulwich Avenue, Dulwich, SA
Badge S918 lost
Paid annual membership in advance ot 1973
Biography contributed by St Ignatius' College
Louis Albert Fuller was born on the 25th of May 1895 in the Booleroo Centre South Australia. His parents were Ellen Fuller and Albert Fuller. He also had 4 siblings, 3 sisters and a brother, Louis being the oldest, and the age gap between him and his youngest sibling being 29 years. His address before his journey in the war was Lurline Street, West Adelaide. He was Christian, with his religion being the Church of England. He was 20 years old and single when he left for the war, and he worked as a Carpenter. In terms of appearance, his skin tone was fair, he had brown hair and hazel eyes, and he was slightly below average height, being 5’6 and a half foot tall. He enlisted for the war 13 September 1915.
Private Fuller was first taken on strength as a part of the 9th Lighthorse regiment, 13th Reinforcement where he embarked overseas on the 5th of February 1916. He embarked from Melbourne aboard the HMAT A 19 Afric. He was taken to a base in Heliopolis, which was a military camp in Egypt where he was trained for the war. Then after training he was transferred to the 5th Division Artillery, 13th Field Artillery Brigade on the 1st of April 1916. This was in Moascar as confirmed by the unit diaries. He was a gunner in this division, meaning he operated and fired many heavy machine guns. Private Fuller soon became mustered driver, meaning he mostly transported weapons and artillery rather than fired them. Later in the year he was transferred to a base at Tel-el-Kebir, another training camp for the Australian Imperial Force in Egypt on the 26th of May 1916. He then moved bases again to a training camp in Cairo on the 7th of June 1916.
Private Fuller was then taken on strength in Boyton, England at the Australian Army Training Depot, on the 9th of October 1916, then on the 20th of October he was transferred to France, likely to fight in the Battle of the Somme. He was taken on strength with the 116 Howizer Battery 30th March 1917.
Private Fuller was admitted to hospital on the 12th of January 1918. He stayed in the hospital for nearly a month, with an unknown sickness. He rejoined his unit from the hospital on 17th of February 1918. He was granted leave in August 1918.
On the 20th of April he began his return to Australia per the HMAT Boonah. He returned home on the 6th of June 1919 and was discharged 2nd August 1919
Louis Albert Fuller died on the 8th of May 1978, aged 82. He was buried with his parents at North Road Cemetery in Nailsworth, Adelaide.