SLEDGE, Alfred
| Service Number: | 465 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Middlesborough, Yorkeshire, England, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | St Paul's School, Middlesborough, Yorkeshire, England |
| Occupation: | Railway Employee |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 19 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave. Originally buried at Shrapnel Gully but grave lost. Chaplain W. McKenzie officiated Panel 23 , Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dandenong Shire Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 465, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 465, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 465, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 465, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 19 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 465, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 22 years
Address at the time of enlistment was 615 Bourke Street, Sydney, NSW
Son of Christopher Sledge of Hark Cottage , Hippswell, Richmond, England
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Police Force, North Ryde, England
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Alfred Sledge (Service Nuimber 465) was born at Middlesborough, Yorkshire, England about August 1891. He worked in the Permanent Way Branch of the Railways as a labourer in the Lidcombe Workshops. serving in the 4th Australian Infantry Battalion.
Sledge enlisted at Kensington on 24th August 1914 and gave his father, Christopher Sledge living in Richmond, England, as his next of kin. He also served in the Police Force in North Ryde Yorkshire, and and admitted to having been dismissed from that body for insubordination.
He was allotted to the 4th Battalion. He embarked HMAT ‘Euripides’ on 20th October 1914.
He was killed in action at Gallipoli on 19th May 1915. He was buried in Shrapnel Gully on the Gallipoli Peninsula by the Principal Chaplain W McKenzie on 27th May.
Sledge is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli.
- based on Australian War Memorial Records and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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