DEAL, Albert
| Service Number: | 3817 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Crundale, Kent, England, 31 May 1870 |
| Home Town: | Narrogin, Narrogin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 10 August 1954, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Albany & Districts Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3817, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 12 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 3817, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 3817, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Albert Deal enlisted at 45 years of age. His first battle on the Western Front was the attack on Mouquet Farm with the 51st Battalion, on 3 September 1916, a hard-fought fight which cost the battalion very heavy casualties.
In July 1922, one of the sergeants of the 51st Battalion wrote a letter to the Perth Australian newspaper describing some of the brave acts he witnessed.
“…That day, old Dad Deal plodded along through heavy shell fire with a tin of water to an isolated Lewis gun post. To see him, one would have thought he was back on his old carpenter's job on the railways for all the notice he took of the shells…”
Albert, known as ‘Dad’ to his younger comrades, fell sick late in 1916 and he was transferred to lighter duties, and he was returned to Australia early in 1918.
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