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WINTERTON, Alfred Thomas

Service Number:	226
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia, 7 November 1892
Home Town:	Tenterfield, Tenterfield Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Telegraph operator
Died:	Killed in Action, Egypt , 4 August 1916, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney NSW Post Master General's Department Honour Roll, Tenterfield & Districts Fallen Soldiers Roll of Honor Light Horse

World War 1 Service

20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 226, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 226, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
4 Aug 1916:	Involvement Corporal, 226, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 226 awm_unit: 1 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-04
4 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 226, Alf Winterton was my great uncle. I wrote a book about him called “Six Bob Trooper”. He was never at Pozieres as described in the bio. He was at Gallipoli and the in Egypt and the Sinai. Killed at Romani.

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