Alfred ZELMAN

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Service Number:	845
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Surrey Hills, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1880
Home Town:	Canterbury, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Cardiac failure , Repatriation Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, 24 January 1952
Cemetery:	Boroondara (Kew) General Cemetery, Victoria Row B, Grave 0017. Interred on 25 January 1952
Memorials:

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 845, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Surrey Hills, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 845, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 845, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
20 Jun 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 845, 8th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the knee and leg
16 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 845, 8th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion
24 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 845, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Gassed.
28 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 845, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Alberto Zelman and Eliza Harriet Zelman nee Hodgkinson of 'Bianca', Wattle Valley Road, Canterbury, Victoria.

Brother of Ernest Henry Zelman MM MID who returned to Australia on 22 November 1919 having served with the 39th Battalion

Commenced return to Australia on 3 December 1918 aboard HT Port Hacking disembarking on 27 January 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal