Alfred Henry NOWOTNA DCM

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NOWOTNA, Alfred Henry

Service Number:	762
Enlisted:	25 September 1914, Warracknabeal, Vic.
Last Rank:	Company Sergeant Major
Last Unit:	46th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kewell, Victoria, Australia, 19 March 1889
Home Town:	Warracknabeal, Yarriambiack, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Emphysema, Cardiac Asthma, Repatriation General Hospital, Greenslopes, Queensldnad, 3 May 1956, aged 67 years
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Memorials:	Warracknabeal Ailsa & District Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

25 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 762, 14th Infantry Battalion, Warracknabeal, Vic.
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 762, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 762, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 762, 46th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Husband of Mrs H M Nowotna, Warracknabeal, Victoria

Distinguished Conduct Medal

'For conspicuous gallantry in action. He displayed great courage and skill in keeping up communications in the front line, and set a splendid example throughout.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 116
Date: 25 July 1917

SERGEANT NOWOTNA
Mrs. A. H. Nowotna has received word from her husband, Sergeant Alfred Henry Nowotna, saying that he has been congratulated by Major General Sir H. P. Cox, commanding the 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, on his devotion to duty on the Somme in August, 1916. Sergeant Nowotna worked for a considerable time in the local post office, and also as a miner at the North mine. He enlisted in Victoria in September, 1914 with the 14th Battalion. He has been on active service in Egypt, France, and Gallipoli, and is now in Belgium.

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