FREE, Albert Ernest
| Service Numbers: | 414, 414A |
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| Enlisted: | 24 July 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Corack, Victoria, Australia, 4 April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Lalbert, Gannawarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Talgitcha State School No 3347 |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Corack East & District War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Wandong War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 414, 15th Machine Gun Company, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 20 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 414, 15th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 414, 15th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 414A, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 414A awm_unit: 3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kerry Free
Son of Samuel and Fanny FREE. of Lalbert, Victoria, Australia.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Statement, Red Cross File No 11160601A, 599 Pte G.L. DENNAN, 10th Machine Gun Company, 14 November 1919: 'He was with the Company at Passchendaele Ridge on the 12th October 1917, and was wounded with a machine gun bullet. He was left behind as we advanced, nothing was heard of him afterwards, although all kinds of enquiries were held with no result. Was known to all as "Bert".'
FREE - In sad and loving memory of my dear son, Albert Ernest (Bert) Free, killed in action, France, October 12th, 1917.
Sadly missed.
Inserted by his loving parents and brothers and sisters.
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