STRANDGARD, Albert Edward
| Service Numbers: | 2953, 3229 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 19 August 1890 |
| Home Town: | Oakleigh, Monash, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Heart attack , Victoria, Australia, 27 July 1969, aged 78 years |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Cremated |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 2953 | |
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| 25 Sep 1914: | Involvement Gunner, 2953, Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Rangatira embarkation_ship_number: A22 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Sep 1914: | Embarked Gunner, 2953, Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Rangatira, Brisbane | |
| 8 Jul 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3229, 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Barbara Clayton
He was my father. He was taken from school aged 9 years in grade 4 put to work on market gardens. Unfortunately he was reported as having deserted when serving at Thursday Island truth was in his ignorance and wishing to enlist he simply left his ship . He fought at Gallipoli eventually was returned to Australia dishonourably discharged. My thoughts are I wasn't there so cannot say how I would have acted. He eventually married a widow from England with a son who migrated after losing her first child and husband to t.b. In spite of his lack of education he rose to the top of his career and taught himself to read and write winning quizzes on the radio prior to television . Earned gold medal topping Victoria in first aid. A difficult man to get to know not surprisingly given his background.
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