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KING, Albert James Henry
| Service Number: | 165 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, at Morphettville |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kensington, South Australia, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Kensington, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station hand |
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World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 165, 10th Infantry Battalion, at Morphettville | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 165, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Saldanha embarkation_ship_number: A12 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 165, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Saldanha, Adelaide | |
| 10 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 165, 10th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, Shell wound right buttock |
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Albert James Henry King was born in 1892, in Kensington South Australia, and also lived in Kensington South Australia. He worked as a station hand prior to the war; he did not have any previous military service before joining the war. His kin listed as Ellis Ellen Edith, who was his mother. Reports and any information on Albert were sent to Ellis informing reports: He was single with no children. He was Anglican part of of the Anglican Communion, Church of England.
Albert James Henry king was enlisted at the Care of C. Lynch 145 Hindley-Street, Adelaide, South Australia, on the 20.8.1914. After completing a period of training in Australia, Albert James Henry King and the 10th infantry battalion embarked overseas withdrawing from Gallipoli to Egypt, the exact date of the embark is unknown. Boarding the ‘Lonian’ (ship) the 10th infantry battalion was sent to the East part of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division as well as the 9th, 11th and 12th battalions.
In 1.8.1918 Albert James Henry King was wounded at the Battle of Amiens; suffering in his right buttock with an injury to his spinal nerve. From most reports he was found to be doing well quote, ‘he is up and about’, and that Albert later had an operation done in Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield Park, for his wound: Later transferred to the 2nd Command Depot, Weymouth, on the 18th of November that year,for convalescence.
Albert returned to Australia in early 1919.