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GALLAFENT, Albert Edward
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 1009, 1195, 2526, N71293 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 November 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dewsbury Yorshire England, 30 April 1893 |
| Home Town: | Auburn, Auburn, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer / Cleaner |
| Died: | Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 24 December 1963, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Embarked Private, 1009, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
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| 19 Aug 1914: | Involvement Private, 1009, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1195, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1195, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2526, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2526, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' |
World War 2 Service
| 7 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N71293 |
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Personal Stories
Help us honour Albert Edward Gallafent's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Brian Ovenden
Son of Jethro Henry Gallafent & Rosalie Emily Weston.
Husband to Ivy May Sinclair & Mavis Holly Williams.
Albert changed his name from Gallafent to Burns during WW1.
WW1 Service Numbers as Gallafent: 1009 & 1295.
WW2 Service Number as Burns: N71293.