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SANTRY, Albert James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3178 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 September 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, 1893 |
| Home Town: | South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | State School, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Dernacourt, France, 5 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3178, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 3178, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 3178, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
| 11 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 4th Pioneer Battalion to the 47th Battalion | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 3178, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3178 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-05 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of Jmaes and Olga Santry of Grey Street, South Brisbane; husband of Doris Lydia May Santry of Kendalls Hill, East Bundaberg, QLD later of Byrne Estate, Galway Street, Albion, QLD
Address at the time of enlistment was Grey Street, South Brisbane
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
1 March 1922 - Doris wrote to Base Records asking if any of Albert's belongings had been returned apart form the autograph book which she had received soon after his death