CARD, Albert
| Service Number: | 266 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 February 1916, Place of Enlistment, Townsville, Queensland. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Ayr, Queensland, Australia , 10 July 1896 |
| Home Town: | Cairns, Cairns, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Ayr State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Poperinghe New Military Cemetery Section 2, Row H, Grave No 37, Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ayr Great War Honour Roll, Cairns Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 266, 11th Machine Gun Company, Place of Enlistment, Townsville, Queensland. | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 266, 11th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 266, 11th Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne |
Albert Card
Albert Card was born 10 July 1896 in Ayr, Queensland to Henry Card and his wife Emma (nee Avon) who also had Herbert (1887), Frank (1888) and Lilly Eliza (1900). His father Henry died in 1903 and his mother married Thomas Daniel Royal that same year and they had 4 children, namely, Helen (1904), Phoebe Olive (1906), Frederick Norman (1907) and Elizabeth Hannah (1909). Albert’s mother, Emma, died in 1929 and his stepfather, Thomas, died in 1923.
When Albert enlisted in Townsville on the 14 February 1916 his age was 19 years 7 months, occupation a labourer, and next of kin was mother, Emma Royal, Gatton Street, Cairns. His height was 5 feet 4 ½ inches, weighed 8 stone 10 pounds with a fair complexion, brown eyes and light brown hair. He was Church of England. He had previously served 3 years in the Cadets.
Albert embarked on the RMS Orontes from Melbourne on 16 August 1916 and landed in England on 3 October 1916. He proceeded to Frances on 23 November that year. Over the next month he was admitted to hospital sick, twice before rejoining the 11th Machine Gun Company on 25 December 1916.
Albert Card was killed in action in Belgium on 29 September 1917. He is buried in Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium.
Courtesy of The Cairns District Family History Society
Submitted 20 March 2021 by Lynette Turner
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