Alfred Edward GURR

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Service Number:	108
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Enlisted at Brighton, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cressy, Tasmania, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 35, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 108, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brighton, Tasmania
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 108, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 108, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart

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Son of Henry William Gurr of 'Waverley Hills', Launceston, Tas.

Brother of Florence Clayton (nee Gurr) of Launceston and Robert Gurr of NZ

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal were issued to Florence Clayton

His older brother 3562 Private John Alexander Gurr 12th Battalion AIF died of wounds 24 November 1915, age 35.