Alfred Ernest ZERK

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Service Number:	7095
Enlisted:	4 October 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Balaklava, South Australia, 28 July 1882
Home Town:	Narrogin, Narrogin, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Tuart Hill, Western Australia, 5 July 1969, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Cremated. Ashes scatter or a garden in Karrakatta Cemetery
Memorials:

4 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7095, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth, WA
23 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 7095, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 7095, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Berrima, Fremantle
15 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7095, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Son of Henry William Charles Zerk and Emma Zerk nee Dohse of Narrogin WA formerly of Balaklava, SA.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 June 1919 aboard HT Somali disembarking on 8 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Alfred married Sylvia Jane Pedlar in Williams, WA