Albert Kenneth HEALY

HEALY, Albert Kenneth

Service Numbers: 2178, 2178A
Enlisted: 8 March 1916
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 46th Infantry Battalion
Born: Percyville, Qld., 18 June 1894
Home Town: Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Miner
Died: Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1918, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cairns Cenotaph, Mareeba Woothakata Shire Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

8 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2178, 47th Infantry Battalion
16 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 2178, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 2178, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane
8 Aug 1918: Involvement Corporal, 2178A, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2178A awm_unit: 46th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-08

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Philip and Ann HEALY, Wolfram, Queensland

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 185
Date: 27 November 1918