Alfred Ernest YATES

YATES, Alfred Ernest

    Service Number: 4270
    Enlisted: 27 October 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 17th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1888
    Home Town: Waterloo, Walcha, New South Wales
    Schooling: Cleveland Street Public School, Redfern, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Died of wounds, whilst POW, France, 17 April 1917
    Cemetery: Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery
    Plot 1V, Row D, Grave 5,
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Municipality Of Waterloo Roll of Service No. 1
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    World War 1 Service

    27 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4270, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    8 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, 4270, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
    8 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 4270, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney
    15 Apr 1917: Imprisoned Captured while wounded at Arras. Interned in the Bavarian Field Hospital, Valenciennes, Germany where he died of his wounds
    15 Apr 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4270, 17th Infantry Battalion, Later reported to be in German hands at Limburg

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Samuel Yates and Rachael Yates of Redfern, NSW

    Husband of Elsie May Symons nee Hore of Victoria Street, Alexandria, NSW formerly of Morehead Street, Waterloo, NSW. Alfred and Elsie married in Sydney during 1914c. Father of Samuel Alfred Ernest Yates and  step father of Leslie Walter Yates

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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