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ALFORD, Charles William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6470 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rockingham, Western Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Yarloop, Harvey, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" iNo known grave - "Known Unto God"n, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, Hooge Crater Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Rockingham WW1 Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6470, 11th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6470, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
Btothers inlaw
George Scrivener and Charles Alford both of the 11th Battalion were killed on the 2oth September 1917 being the first day of the 3rd battle of Ypres.
George's brother William Scrivener in 1908 had married Charles's sister Phoebe Alford and both were Uncles to my Grandmother Amy Scrivener.
In 1908 William Scrivener was killed in an accident in Jarrahdale WA and his wife Phoebe remarried in 1910 and relocated to Yarloop WA.
Rest in Peace
Submitted 10 November 2019 by Gary Sargent