YOUDALE, Alfred Clarence
| Service Numbers: | 971, R971 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 January 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | Royal Flying Corps |
| Born: | Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 18 January 1889 |
| Home Town: | Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Commercial traveller |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 23 December 1917, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Arras Flying Services Memorial, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 971, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 21 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 971, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kabinga, Newcastle | |
| 21 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 971, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Newcastle embarkation_ship: HMAT Kabinga embarkation_ship_number: A58 public_note: Surname incorrectly recorded as Yondale on original record | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 971, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 14 Nov 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 7th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 8 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, R971, 7th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Mongolia, Sydney | |
| 8 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, R971, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 21 Feb 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 971, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged from AIF upon being appointed 2nd Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps | |
| 23 Dec 1917: | Involvement Captain, Royal Flying Corps |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John Beaumont and Rebecca YOUDALE
Awarded Military Cross and Bar
CAPTAIN ALFRED C. YOUDALE, third son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Youdale, of Ormond-street, Ashfield, enlisted in the Australian Light Horse soon after the outbreak of war. After a period of training at Menangle he went to Gallipoli and saw seven months' service there, reaching the rank of sergt-major. Later he received his commission on the field, but was smitten with enteric before he could take up his lieutenancy. On being invalided home he tried to regain his commission with a view to studying at Duntroon, but was turned down. Rejoining his unit at Menangle, he soon returned to Egypt, where he obtained a transfer to the Royal Flying Corps and proceeded to England for training. Here, a few months later, he was specially selected to perform flying evolutions before the King when his Majesty inspected the Australians at Salisbury Plain. He was awarded the Military Cross "for materially assisting in the capture of a strongly fortified position on the Western front. No account of the deed that won him the bar has yet been received. Capt. Youdale has three brothers on active service—Sergt. Stanley Youdale and Warrant Officer Roy Youdale, of the Army Service Corps, and Sergt. Eric Youdale, of the A.M.C.
Sydney Mail Wednesday 07 November 1917 page 20
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