Albert Raymond LEVETT

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LEVETT, Albert Raymond

Service Number:	2195
Enlisted:	16 March 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brighton, England, February 1895
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Wounds, France, 13 April 1917
Cemetery:	Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez Plot XVI, Row G, Grave 6,
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Cleve WW1 Honor Roll, Cleve War Memorial, Hobart All Saints Church Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

16 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2195, 48th Infantry Battalion
12 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2195, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
12 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2195, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Steve Smith

Remembering Pte Albert Raymond Levett who died this day in 1917 in the arms of a German soldier, Frederick Wilhelm Söll. Ray was part of the 48th Battalion and took part in the fighting at Bullecourt. He was wounded severely when his company took the German trenches and was left there when the Germans counter-attacked. Söll, also wounded, was placed beside him. Just before he died Albert gave Söll his watch and wallet which were returned to Albert's family after the war. I have traced a living relative of Söll's in Germany but she has not responded to my enquiries.

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