COMPORT, Albert
| Service Number: | 2579 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 July 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rimu, Westland District, New Zealand, 23 November 1892 |
| Home Town: | Pyrmont, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | State School, New Zealand |
| Occupation: | Sawmill Hand / Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 20 July 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 1. Inscription: IN MEMORY OF THE BELOVED SON OF ELLEN AND WILLIAM ALBERT COMPORT |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2579, Depot Battalion , Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 9 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2579, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2579, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), T.O.S. from 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 21 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 45th Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2579, 56th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Huntsend" | |
| 29 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2579, 56th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2579, 56th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2579, 56th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Died Of Wounds - while behind Battalion lines on being carried to Field Ambulance | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2579, 56th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Albert was one of three sons of William Albert Comport and Ellen (Nel) Comport (nee Cutbush), who were all killed in action during the Great War. His brothers served with the New Zealand forces.
6/3282 Private William Charles Comport, Canterbury Regiment NZEF, was killed in action two months after Albert’s death, on 16 September 1916. Also 56416 Rifleman Henry Comport, 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade, NZRB, died 8 October 1918, Aged 22.
Another brother, 3519 Private John Comport also enlisted in the AIF, and served in the 56th Battalion, returning home medically unfit in early 1918.
Albert was severely wounded at Fromelles, 20 July 1916. He subsequently died of his wounds behind Battalion Lines on being carried to a Field Ambulance the same day. 20 July 1916. He was buried Rue de Bois Cemetery by Reverend G.W.B. Statt.
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