HEDGLEY, Alfred Edward
| Service Number: | 87 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 February 1915, Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | South Ockendon, Essex, England, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Queens Park, Canning, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | County Council School Hockley Essex England |
| Occupation: | Dairyman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 29 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Canning Honor Roll, Cannington War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 87, 28th Infantry Battalion, Perth, WA | |
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| 12 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 87, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 87, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mrs A. HEDGLEY, Lawling HALL, Latchingdon, Maldon, Essex, England
Letter home -
Dear Mother,
Just a few lines hoping they will find you in good health as it leaves me alright at present. I wrote to you about 3 months ago when I first joined the Military, but I have never heard. I thought perhaps it may have never reached you. But as you can see I have joined the Service & I expect by the 27th of May I shall be leaving West Australia shore for the Darndanels in Turkey our fellows out there have done very well & I think with very little loss. I hope Bill has joined in Canada as I really think that every lad who has the health & strength to join ought for the very sake of his dear old Coundry & King. I think this is the most awful war that has ever been in the world history. I hope I have done the right thing in your eyes. If I am shot or killed you will be well off, you can depend upon that I have not been working out here for nothng there will be about 265 poids worth when I fall I have made very thing clear so there will be nothing to worry about. There is a house there in Queens Park on the main road & another block of land. The house has a mortage on it for 100 poiunds but when I fall if I do which I hope not, the Government will fixed it all up & you will have nothing at all to worry you, you will know the exact date I am shot. Well my Dearest Mother, I must close with my best love and wishes to all my friends, remember me to all, I must close now with best love from your ever loving solider boy
Your loving son
Alf. E Hedgley
Please remember to Lilly & if ever you see Agnes remember me to her.