Alexander Arthur PHEFLEY

PHEFLEY, Alexander Arthur

    Service Number: 6402
    Enlisted: 10 October 1916, 18TH REINFORCEMENT
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 49th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Wodonga, Victoria, Australia, 1894
    Home Town: West Ipswich, Ipswich, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Died of Wounds, 47th Casualty Clearing Station, France, 13 June 1918
    Cemetery: Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme
    Plot II, Row D, Grave 6 Headstone Inscription "AND FOR SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War, Wodonga War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    10 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6402, 25th Infantry Battalion, 18TH REINFORCEMENT
    23 Dec 1916: Involvement Private, 6402, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
    23 Dec 1916: Embarked Private, 6402, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
    25 Jan 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6402, 25th Infantry Battalion, FOUND GUILTY, AT SEA, OF (1) BEING ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE (UNDER 6 HOURS) (2) DRUNKENNESS (3) CREATING A DISTURBANCE: AWARDED 24 HOURS' DETENTION.
    3 Mar 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6402, DISEMBARKED PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND, 3 MARCH 1917, AND MARCHED INTO 7TH TRAINING BATTALION, ROLLESTONE.
    12 Apr 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6402, FOUND GUILTY, ON THE 12 APRIL 1917. CHARGE:BEING ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE FROM 6AM 10 APRIL 1917 UNTIL REPORTING AT 1630 HRS, 10 APRIL 1917: AWARDED 1 DAY'S CONFINED TO CAMP AND FORFEITURE OF 2 DAYS' PAY; TOTAL FORFEIUTER:3 DAYS' PAY.
    22 May 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6402, Found guilty, 22 May 1917, of being absent without leave from 6.30 am, 14 May, until 9.20 am, 19 May 1917: awarded 14 days' confined to camp and forfeiture of 18 days' pay; total forfeiture: 24 days' pay.
    1 Jun 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6402, 25th Infantry Battalion, Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 1 June 1917; discharged to Convalescent Training Depot, Parkhouse, 7 March 1918; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 280 days.
    19 Mar 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6402, Marched into 5th Training Battalion, Fovant, 19 March 1918.
    20 May 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion, Proceeded overseas to France, 20 May 1918; taken on strength, 49th Bn, in the field, 29 May 1918.
    12 Jun 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6402, 49th Infantry Battalion, Wounded in action, 12 June 1918 (gun shot wound, thighs and feet); admitted to 47th Casualty Clearing Station.
    13 Jun 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6402, 49th Infantry Battalion, Died of wounds, 13 June 1918.

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of Christopher and Martha PHEFLEY, of Wodonga, Victoria

    Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

    Enlisted and served under alias of Arthur Alexander Anderson

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