Alfred Ernest THOMSON

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Service Number:	9091
Enlisted:	28 October 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne.
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	5th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia, June 1890
Home Town:	Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
Occupation:	Metropolitan Fire Brigade
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 29 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

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28 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 9091, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlisted at Melbourne.
16 Nov 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 9091, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: ''
16 Nov 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 9091, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Port Macquarie, Melbourne
15 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Infantry Battalion, Prior to promotion o Corporal he had been "Acting Bombadier" for about five weeks.
15 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 9091, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Left Alexandria/Zeitan for Marseilles.
23 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5th Field Artillery Brigade
29 Oct 1917:	Involvement Sergeant, 9091, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 9091 awm_unit: 5th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-10-29

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