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HEALY, Albert Kenneth
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 2178, 2178A |
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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) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
8 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2178, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Philip and Ann HEALY, Wolfram, Queensland
Military Medal
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 185
Date: 27 November 1918