BONSER, Albert Arthur
| Service Number: | 1787 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Branxholm, Tasmania, Australia, April 1885 |
| Home Town: | Glengarry, West Tamar, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Brankholm, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Illness, United Kingdom, 5 November 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Plot IV, Row I, Grave 4 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Invermay Tasmanian Government Railways Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 1787, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 1787, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Ian Fletcher
1787 Private Albert Arthur Bonser, 26th Battalion A.I.F. rests here in Brookwood Military Cemetery. here in Woking, UK.
Albert was a miner from Glengarry, Tasmania, married with two children, he was a veteran of the Gallipoli campaign and had fought on the Western Front in France being wounded during the Battle of the Somme in August 1916.
Albert died of Influenza on the 5th November 1918 here in the UK.
His passing one year later was Remembered in The Launceston Examiner newspaper 'In Memoriam' section.
In Memoriam;
The midnight stars are gleaming
on a grave so far away
Where they laid our darling Daddy
Just one year ago today
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Your prayers for him extol;
O'Sacred Heart of Jesus
Have mercy on his soul.
(inserted by his loving children)
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Oh, how we prayed for his safe return
And longed for the clasp of his hand
But God knew best and called him to rest
Someday we will understand
(inserted by his loving wife)
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Remembered and visited today here in Southern England
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Remembered and 'Not Forgotten'
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