ALLEY, Alfred William
| Service Number: | 9872 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF |
| Born: | Hikutaia, Thames, New Zealand, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Bedford House Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium Enclosure No.2 I. D. 11, Bedford House Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 9872, 1st Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 17 Dec 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 9872, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Dec 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 9872, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 20 Oct 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 9872, 1st Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 9872 awm_unit: 1st Australian Division Trench Mortars awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Alfred was a New Zealander who only been in Australia for a couple of years when he enlisted. He had been born and raised at Hikutaia NZ. Alfred William Alley was awarded the Military Medal at Bullecourt, “For gallant conduct during enemy attack on Noreuil on the morning of the 15 April 1917. Bombardier Alley went out and unaided carried in a wounded man a distance of about 200 yards across No Man's Land under enemy machinegun and artillery fire. Later when volunteers were called for to go out as stretcher bearers and bring in the wounded this N.C.O. was the first to volunteer and organised his gun detachment into bearer parties. He set a fine example to the men in his detachment.”
His younger brother, 12/2932 Private David Clifford Alley 1st Battalion Auckland Regiment, was killed in action in France 26 September 1916, age 21.
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