Alfred Edward Ernest (Fred) WESTBROOK

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WESTBROOK, Alfred Edward Ernest

Service Number:	3002
Enlisted:	2 August 1916, Enlisted in Adelaide
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stansbury, South Australia, 20 October 1879
Home Town:	Loxton (SA), Loxton Waikerie, South Australia
Schooling:	Tiparra Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Ypres, Belgium, 29 September 1917, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Arthurton Memorial Oval Gates, Arthurton WW1 Honour Roll Plaque, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Loxton Pyap West Great War Honour Roll, Loxton Soldiers Memorial Rotunda, Loxton and District Great War Roll of Honor, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Stansbury War Memorial

World War 1 Service

2 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3002, 50th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Adelaide
6 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 3002, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
6 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 3002, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
28 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3002, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John and Louise (nee Schilling) Westbrook of Paskerville, SA; brother of Louise Emma Bertha Westbrook, Elsie May Westbrook, Allen John Westbrook, Olive Hilda Westbrook, William Frederick Westbrook, Louis Schilling Westbrook, Annie Matilda Westbrook, Thomas Henry George Westbrook, Dorothy Annadale Gertrude Westbrook, James Clifford Westbrook, Matilda Westbrook and Rita Rosina Westrook

At the time of enlistment Alfred was farming at Pyap West, near Loxton

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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