FORTESCUE, Albert George
| Service Number: | 3059 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 November 1916, Moree, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lyss, Hampshie, England, United Kingdom, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Boomi, Moree Plains, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Acton County School, Acton, London |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 30 March 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boomi Roll of Honour, Boomi and District Public Honour Roll, Moree ANZAC Centenary Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3059, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Moree, NSW | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3059, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3059, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Dec 1890 Fortescue Albert George Petersfield 2c 129.
He is also honoured on the BRENTFORD WAR MEMORIAL.
The memorial is situated outside Brentford library in Boston Manor Rd., TW8 8DW. It is a tall structure of stone. It’s cross section is square, with a smaller square cut out of each corner. Near the top is a ledge, and below it on each face a wreath is carved. The whole stands on a low plinth on a three step base. The main inscription is on the front of the memorial.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Albert George was born in Lyss, in the Petersfield registration district in Hampshire in 1890 son of Albert [bricklayer] and Kate Fortescue of 31, Enfield Rd., Brentford, Middlesex, England.
He was living in Lyss at the time of the the 1891 census, but the family had moved to 31 Enfield Road, Brentford by the time of the 1901 census.
Albert was working as a clerk for Great Western Railway at Paddington between 16/01/1908 and 27/03/1911.
He left London on the Geelong bound for Sydney, Australia on 2nd July 1914.
He is commemorated on the West Brentford 1914-1919 Memorial-this originally stood in the churchyard of St Lawrence’s Church, on the south side of the High Street near the road side. It is inscribed ’In memory of the heroes of West Brentford who fell during the Great War 1914-1919’. The memorial was restored and moved to an area outside Brentford Library where other memorials stand. The re-dedication ceremony took place on 19th September 2009.
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