Alfred Ernest HUMPHREYS

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HUMPHREYS, Alfred Ernest

Service Number:	579
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Enlisted at Eastern Hill, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Greenock, Scotland, 1877
Home Town:	East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Coulies College, Glenferrie, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Traveller
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Row L, Grave 13 Headstone inscription reads: Beloved youngest son of A. & M. Humphreys late of Greenock, Scotland, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 579, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Eastern Hill, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 579, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 579, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Arrived in Australia aged 7 years

Son of Alexander Milne Humphreys and Mary Ovens Humphreys of 1 Simpson Street, East Melbourne, Victoria. Brother of Annie Humphreys of 545 Bourke Street, Melbourne, J.B Humphreys at one stage resided in Russia, G.H. Humphreys of Glasgow, Scotland, W.J. Humphreys of Sydney, E.E. Johnson Largs nee Humphreys of Mentone, Victoria and R. Weir nee Humphreys

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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