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HESTER, Alfred
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6027 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 February 1916, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Gympie, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Kandanga State School |
| Occupation: | Timber getter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, United Kingdom, 10 July 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Mud Corner Cemetery, Wallonie, Belgium Strand Military Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Wallonie, Belgium, Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gympie & Widgee War Memorial Gates, Imbil Mary Valley Enlistments WW1 Honour Board, Imbil War Memorial, Kandanga Cemetery Memorial, Kandanga War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 1 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6027, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 8 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6027, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6027, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane | |
| 10 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6027, 15th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...6027 Private Alfred Hester... from Gympie, Queensland. Pte Hester was later killed in action in Belgium on 10 July 1917, aged 25..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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