Alfred Campbell POWE

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Service Number:	5891
Enlisted:	13 June 1916, Maryborough, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 2 February 1883
Home Town:	Mundubbera, North Burnett, Queensland
Schooling:	Albion Street State School
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 28 June 1918, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mundubbera War Memorial

13 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5891, Maryborough, Queensland
21 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5891, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5891, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane
28 Jun 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 26th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front"

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Served as Powell but true was name was POWE

Wounded in Action 20 September 1917

His brother Corporal 2427 Bertram William POWE MM returned to Australia in May 1919