SUSAN, Alfred
| Service Number: | 1406 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Katoomba Darug and Gundungurra Aboriginal Soldiers Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1406, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1406, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
INDIGENOUS DIGGER
Alfred SUSAN was born abt 1895, Katoomba, NSW. His mother, Emma was aboriginal, her father being the last leader of the Gundungurra Tribe, whose land stretched from the Blue Mountains to Goulburn. His name was William LYNCH (a.k.a. "King Billy") son of an Irish convict father and aboriginal mother. "King Billy's" wife was Fanny FISHER/PAGE, also an aboriginal. "King Billy" died in 1913, and was buried in the traditional way, wrapped in bark and placed in a tree. Fanny died in 1900.
Alfred enlisted on 18/5/1915 No.1406 and was a member of the 19th Battalion. He fought in France, and received shrapnel wounds. He was a Prisoner of War of the Germans from 11/6/1918 to 28/11/1918. On 11/2/1919, he was court martialled for refusing to carry a rifle whilst on guard duty in England, his defence being that he was told that he didn't have to carry a rifle, only to carry a side arm. He was convicted, and sentenced to 14 days Field Punishment. He was discharged from the Army on 10/4/1919.
Submitted 9 December 2017 by Les de Belin