Allan Fletcher BUFFETT

BUFFETT, Allan Fletcher

Service Number: 1103
Enlisted: 20 August 1914, Kensington, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 3rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Norfolk Island, NSW, 8 October 1887
Home Town: Norfolk Island, New South Wales, Norfolk Island
Schooling: Norfolk Island Public School
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC
Special Memorial C Grave 92
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Norfolk Island Cenotaph, Norfolk Island RSL Roll of Honour, Norfolk Island Roll of Honour, Norfolk Island Sub Branch Commemoration Garden & Memorial
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World War 1 Service

20 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1103, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Kensington, NSW
20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 1103, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 1103, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Joseph Allen McLeave BUFFETT and Kathleen Laura nee NOBBS

Allan was unmarried when he enlisted and was the first Norfolk Islander killed in the War.  His Mother laid the foundation stone for the Cenotaph at Kingston Norfolk Island (1928)

“The Lord watch between me and thee

When you are absent one from another”