Alfred John VALE

VALE, Alfred John

Service Number: 283
Enlisted: 18 August 1914, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank: Wheeler Corporal
Last Unit: 5th Divisional Ammunition Column
Born: Waterloo, Victoria, Australia, 20 February 1881
Home Town: Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling: Waterloo State School No.717, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Blacksmith
Died: Natural causes, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 20 November 1968, aged 87 years
Cemetery: Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria
C of E Section 7, Row 2, Grave 21, interred with wife Beatrice
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World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914: Enlisted Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
19 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 283, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 283, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
8 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 283, 8th Infantry Battalion, Rejoined Unit at Gallipoli from Base, having recovered from illness.
21 Oct 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 283, 8th Infantry Battalion, per Hospital Ship Aquitania from Mudros Harbour, gun shot wound left foot and influenza. Admitted 27 October, 1915 Tooting Military Hospital
14 Dec 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Wheeler Corporal, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, Taken on Strength from Australian General Base Depot, Rouelle
21 Mar 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Wheeler Corporal, 283, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, Per Kildonian Castle from Devonport, Devon. Disembarked Melbourne 7 May, 1919
21 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Wheeler Corporal, 283, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, Received the 1914/1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William James Vale and Elizabeth Barrett Vale nee Kitchin of Talbot Street, South Ballarat, Victoria.

Returned to Australia on 7 May 1919 aboard HT Kildonian Castle

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal