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MITCHELL, Alfred
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 146 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | The Gordon Higher Grade Public School, Huntly. |
| Occupation: | Mason |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Courcelette British Cemetery Plot III Row C Grave 8 , Courcelette British Cemetery, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 146, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 146, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 146, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 146 awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-05 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
2nd Australian Pioneers-Enlisted at Adelaide, VIC.
Son of Robert and Mrs. M. Mitchell, of "Novar", Queen St., Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
He is one of five former pupils of the Gordon Schools in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland who are remembered on the school war Memorial.
Huntly (Scottish Gaelic: Srath Bhalgaidh or Hunndaidh) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly known as Milton of Strathbogie or simply Strathbogie.
Huntly has a primary school (Gordon Primary) and a secondary school (The Gordon Schools) beside Huntly Castle.
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