ALFORD, Samuel
| Service Number: | 1702 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Iddesleigh, near South Molton, Devonshire, England, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 21 September 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL at Panels 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31. , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1702, 11th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1702, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Possible birth record but this puts him younger than the age at embarkation recorded on the AIF Project. His medical report of January 1915 shows a declared age of 24 years and 11 months which is not a match either.
Births Dec 1883 ALFORD Samuel Okehampton 5b 367.
Son of William and Maria Alford; husband of Mrs. A. E. Alford, of East Street Farm, Whimple, Devon, England and some time of Bourne Park Farm, Meshaw, near South Molton.
Marriages Dec 1898 Crediton 5b 862
Alford Samuel
Simmons Alma Edith.
Address-12 James Street, Perth, Western Australia
Next of kin-Father, William Alford, 'Crake Cottage,' North Lawton Devon, England
Enlistment date-15 January 1915-Private-11th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 19 April 1915 at apparent age of 35.