GREENFIELD, Alfred Noel
| Service Number: | 8780 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 15 January 1893 |
| Home Town: | Willunga, Onkaparinga, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cleaner, Farmer, Fireman |
| Died: | 2 August 1952, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Peterborough Cemetery, SA |
| Memorials: | Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Terowie Institute Honour Board, Willunga Cheer Up Society Pictorial Honour Board, Willunga War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8780, 3rd Field Ambulance | |
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| 10 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 8780, 3rd Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 8780, 3rd Field Ambulance, HMAT Warilda, Adelaide |
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Alfred Noel Greenfield was born on the 15th of January 1893 to Alice Mary Sibley and Alfred Ferris Greenfield in Adelaide, South Australia. He worked as a cleaner in Willunga, Onkaparinga before enlisting on the 24th of September 1915 when he was 22 years old.
His unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on the 10th of February 1916. He worked in the 3rd Field Ambulance at Gallipoli and the 7th Field Ambulance at the Western Front.
He married Sarah Rose Greenfield on the 8th of March 1919 and returned to Australia on the 12th of July the same year. He had two children, Margaret Alison Greenfield (1930-1996), Ronald William Greenfield (1927-1964). After the war, he became a fireman and later, a farmer. He died on the 2nd of August 1952 at the age of 59.
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