Albert Auril VILLIERS

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VILLIERS, Albert Auril

Service Numbers:	1639, 1469
Enlisted:	25 November 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW.
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Traveller
Died:	Newtown, New South Wales, 1961, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Crematorium Chapel Gardens, Garden D9, Position 272
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World War 1 Service

25 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1639, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW.
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1639, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1639, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney
22 Jun 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1469, 1st Infantry Battalion, Multiple wounds. Transferred to England aboard HS Jans Breydel on 27 June 1916.
17 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1469, 1st Infantry Battalion
31 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1469, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Sigmund Israel Villiers and Sarah Ann Lester formerly Villiers nee Deakes of Bourke Street, Darlinghurst, NSW. Brother of Leo Viliers who returned to Australia on 25 December 1918 having served with the 1st Motor Transport Company

Commenced return to Australia on 14 December 1918 aboard HT Burma disembarking on 29 January 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

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

During 1919c Albert married Maisie A. De Marley in Woollahra, NSW

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