Alfred Ernest SLADER

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SLADER, Alfred Ernest

Service Number:	968
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	West Hartlepool England, 1885
Home Town:	Longreach, Longreach, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stockman
Died:	Alpha District, Queensland, Australia, 7 October 1954, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Jericho Cemetery, Barcaldine - Queensland Memorial ID - 60629025
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

22 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 968, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Newcastle embarkation_ship: HMAT Malakuta embarkation_ship_number: A57 public_note: ''
22 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 968, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Malakuta, Newcastle

In Memory of Alfred Ernest Slader - a poem

IN MEMORY OF ALFRED ERNEST SLADER
Australian Imperial Force, 2nd Light Horse
First World War 1914 - 1918
Cold and grey
came the dawn,
with icy breath that chilled the trees:
out of the mist
the sound of feet that marched and
and tramped on far Gallipoli's shore;
dim forms of men
outlined in shadows through the mist
and lost in dawn's soft glow.

The silence broke
and honour's call
to those who fought and died
on far Gallipoli's shore.

Victory won
but dearly bought.

By Elsie McDonald (sister to Pte Slader)
Source of newspaper clipping unknown.

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War Memorial
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