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Service Number:	131
Enlisted:	29 February 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Enmore, Inner West Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Porter
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 1979, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Palmdale Lawn Cemetery & Memorial Park, NSW Rose Garden 14, Site 17
Memorials:

29 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 131, 9th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
1 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 131, 9th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
1 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 131, 9th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
10 Dec 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 131, 9th Machine Gun Company, Wound to the left knee. Embarked for England on 28 December 1917 aboard HS Granpilly Castle
5 Jul 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 131, 9th Machine Gun Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District due to wounding

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Son of Christina Isabel Vass of Marian Street, Enmore, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 6 April 1918 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 1 June 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c Alan married Vera F. Roberts in Newtown, NSW