Albert Lincoln HUMPHRIES

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HUMPHRIES, Albert Lincoln

Service Numbers:	759, 759B
Enlisted:	14 March 1917, Townsville, Qld.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ayr, Queensland, Australia, 19 December 1890
Home Town:	Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 21 July 1918, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Townsville Cenotaph, Townsville No. 37 Magnetic Lodge P.A.F.S.O.A. Honor Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

14 Mar 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 759, 12th Machine Gun Company, Townsville, Qld.
21 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 759, 12th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
21 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 759, 12th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
21 Jul 1918:	Involvement Private, 759B, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 759B awm_unit: 9th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-07-21

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Albert was born in Ayr on 19 Dec 1890, son of Edith Humphries.

Private Humphries enlisted in Townsville on 14 Mar 1917 and embarked from Melbourne per HMAT A71 “Nestor” on 21 Nov 1917. He served on the Western Front with the 9th Battalion and 12th Machine Gun Company. He was Killed in Action on 21 Jul 1918 near Villers-Bretonneux, France. He has no known grave. His name appears on the Australian National Memorial in Villers-Bretonneux, France, and on Panel 56 at the Australian War Memorial. He was a motor driver.

Courtesy of Samual Cox

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