SEIDEL, Alfred George
| Service Numbers: | 1276, 1276A |
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| Enlisted: | 30 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia, 4 July 1891 |
| Home Town: | Braidwood, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Braidwood Servicemens Club Honour Roll, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1276, Light Trench Mortar Batteries | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 1276, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 1276, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 1276A, 19th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1276A awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Alfred George Seidel (known to his family and friends as ‘George’) was the son of Johan Gottileb and Ellen Seidel. The father (known as Edward Seidel) had arrived in South Australia from Germany during 1854. Around 1868 he started a family with Ellen at Mongarlowe, a small gold mining town about 13 kilometres from Braidwood, New South Wales. After they raised 11 children they decided to get married in 1910.
George enlisted at Goulburn NSW the same day as his brother Henry, but they were posted to different units, George leaving Australia with Light Trench Mortar reinforcements. He transferred to the 19th Battalion in England during February 1917 and was taken on strength of the 19th Battalion in France three months before his death during the Battle of the Menin Road Ridge in Belgium. He has no known grave.
His older brother, 2395 Pte Henry Edward Seidel, 35th Battalion AIF, was killed in action, 1 June 1917, aged 27.
Another younger brother, 142 Pte Albert Seidel, an original member of the 3rd Battalion AIF, enlisted in August 1914, served at the Anzac Landing, was reported missing for a time, was severely wounded at Pozieres in 1916 and was returned to Australia medically unfit on 13 February 1917.