Alfred Alexander PRIEST

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PRIEST, Alfred Alexander

Service Number:	5162
Enlisted:	31 December 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Woodvale, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Woodvale, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Wimereux, France, 28 May 1918
Cemetery:	Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Plot IX, Row A, Grave No. 87, Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne, Nord Pas de Calais, France, La Kreule Military Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

31 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5162, 6th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5162, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5162, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
21 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5162, 6th Infantry Battalion, GSW left forearm while working on fatigue parties in the line at Flers. Evacuated to UK. Rejoined unit 30 July 1917.
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5162, 6th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5162, 6th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, GSW to left finger. Evacuated to hospital (France). Rejoined unit 25 January 1918.
14 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5162, 6th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Hazebrouck
10 May 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Infantry Battalion, France
16 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5162, 6th Infantry Battalion, Multiple GSW sustained while in the front line at Strazeele. Evacuated to No.8 Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, where he died of wounds on 27 May 1918.
27 May 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 5162, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5162 awm_unit: 6th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-05-27

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

A farm labourer from Woodvale, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte 5162 Alfred Priest embarked with the 6th Battalion, 16th Reinforcements, from Melbourne on HMAT Suffolk on 1 April 1916.

After twice being wounded in action, he was promoted to Lance Corporal and, after being wounded for the third time, he succumbed to these wounds and died at No. 8 Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, France on 27 May 1918, aged 24.

He was buried in the Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.

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