YEARK, Alfred
| Service Number: | 3517 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1916, Enlisted at New castle, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Clarence, New South Wales, Australia, June 1895 |
| Home Town: | Taree, Greater Taree, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Sawmill Hand |
| Died: | Illness (Influenza and Pneumonia), United Kingdom, 13 November 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Sutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard, Wiltshire, England Plot 25, Row I, Grave 4 Chaplain R.A. Giles officiated |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Taree War Memorial Clock Tower |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3517, Enlisted at New castle, New South Wales | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3517, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3517, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
16 November 1917 - Taken on strength
6 January 1918 - Crime - in town without a passport. Fined 1 days full pay
11 August 1918 - To hospital sick - Bronchitis
17 August 1918 - Embarked for England from France
18 August 1918 - Arrived at Bristol, England
26 August 1918 - Transferred to 3 Auxilary Hospitlal, Dartford
27 October 1918 - Charged with being improperly dressed. Wearing an Officers pattern cap. Fined 1 days CC by Maj. Scott
2 November 1918 - Admitted to Sutton Veny Military Hospital very ill with the Flu
Buried with full military honours. Coffin was of polished elm and brass furnishings and draped in th Australian National Flag.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 13th November…… Alfred John Yeark was born at Clarence Town, NSW in mid-1895.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 18th August, 1916 as a 21 year old, single, Saw-mill Hand from Taree, NSW.
Private Alfred John Yeark, Service number 3517, embarked from Sydney on HMAT Anchises (A68) on 24th January, 1917 & disembarked at Devonport, England on 27th March, 1917.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
He was marched in to 14th Training Battalion at Hurdcott, Wiltshire on 27th March, 1917.
On 14th May, 1917 Private Yeark reported sick. He was admitted to Military Hospital at Fovant, Wiltshire on 15th May, 1917 with Influenza. He was discharged on 29th May, 1915 (according to Hospital admissions form, however his Casualty Form – Active Service has date of discharge as 6th June, 1917).
Private Yeark proceeded overseas from 14th Training Battalion on 2nd November, 1917. He was marched in to 5th A.D.B.D. (Australian Divisional Base Depot) at Havre, France on 3rd November, 1917. Private Yeark was marched out to his Unit on 7th November, 1917 & taken on strength on 16th November, 1917 with Reinforcements of 55th Battalion in the field.
He was written up for an Offence on 23rd January, 1918 – “When on Active Service – entering the town of Boulogne without a pass on 6.1.18.” He was awarded 1 day Field Punishment No. 2.
On 11th August, 1918 Private Yeark reported sick. He was & admitted to 5th Australian Field Ambulance with Bronchitis. He was transferred to 55th Casualty Clearing Station then transferred on 12th August, 1918 to Ambulance Train 27. Private Yeark was admitted to 9th General Hospital on 13th August, 1918. He was invalided to England on Hospital Ship Guildford Castle on 17th August, 1918 & admitted to Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol on 18th August, 1918 suffering from shell gas poison & bronchitis. He was transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital at Dartford on 26th August, 1918 & discharged to furlo on 2nd September, 1918.
Private Yeark was on furlo from 2nd September, 1918 to 16th September, 1918. He was marched in to No. 2 Command Depot at Weymouth on 16th September, 1916.
On 4th October, 1918 Private Yeark was marched in to No.1 Command Depot at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire . He was medically classified as B1 A3 (fit for overseas training camp in two to three weeks) on 2nd October, 1918; B1 A4 ( fit for overseas training camp when passed dentally fit) on 23rd October, 1918 & B1 A1 (fit for light duty only – 4 weeks) on 25th October, 1918.
He was written up for an Offence on 27th October, 1918 – “Being improperly dressed, wearing Officer’s pattern cap”. He was awarded 1 day Confined to Camp.
Private Yeark was admitted to the Military Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire on 2nd November, 1918 with seriously ill with Influenza.
Private Alfred John Yeark died at 02.20 hrs on 13th November, 1918 at the Military Hospital, Sutton Veny of Influenza & Pneumonia.
He was buried in St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England where 140 other WW1 Australian War Graves & 2 Australian WW1 Nurses are laid to rest.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/t--y.html
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