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UNDERWOOD, Alfred Albert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5943 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 April 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gladstone, South Australia, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Holyoake, Murray, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mill Hand |
| Died: | Run over by a train , Pinjarra, Western Australia, 19 August 1919 |
| Cemetery: |
Pinjarra Cemetery Anglican area, Row A, Grave 147 |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5943, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 30 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 5943, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 5943, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle | |
| 18 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5943, 27th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to trench fever and chronic nephritis |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Underwood of Gladstone, SA.
Husband of Bessie Underwood nee Mugford of Railway Parade, Cottesloe, WA, Alfred and Bessie married in Perth during 1916c
Commenced return to Australia on 31 October 1917 aboard HT Berrima disembarking on 22 DEcember 1917
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal