RACKHAM, Alfred Granville
Service Numbers: | 19748, V516329 |
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Enlisted: | 5 July 1915 |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 4MD / SA & NT Area Lines of Communication |
Born: | Robe, South Australia, 30 August 1895 |
Home Town: | Essendon, Moonee Valley, Victoria |
Schooling: | Narracoorte, South Australia |
Occupation: | Gasfitter, Importer |
Died: | Illness, Essendon, Victoria, 11 May 1954, aged 58 years |
Cemetery: |
Burwood General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Presbyterian 2, Section V, Grave 84 |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
5 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Battery Quartermaster Sergeant, 19748, 8th Field Artillery Brigade | |
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20 May 1916: | Embarked 19748, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Sydney | |
20 May 1916: | Involvement 19748, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
28 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 19748 |
World War 2 Service
26 Jul 1944: | Enlisted Royal Park, VIC | |
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26 Jul 1944: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, V516329 | |
11 Mar 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , V516329, 4MD / SA & NT Area Lines of Communication |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Alfred Granville RACKHAM was born in Robe, South Australia on 30th August, 1895
His parents were Granville Edwin RACKHAM & Elizabeth Ann HICKS
He married Lily Virginia MERRITT in Victoria in 1919 - children, Valerie, Marjorie, Geoffrey & Patricia
Alfred served in both WW1 and WW2 & died in Essendon Victoria on 11th May, 1954 & is buried in the Burwood Cemetery in Victoria, Presbyterian 2, Section V, Grave 84 along with his wife Lily & baby son Jack Alfred who died in 1924 aged 11 months
He was awarded a Meritorious Service Medal in 1918, the British War Medal & Victory Medal - Medals awarded during WW2 unknown