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YATES, Alfred Ernest
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4270 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
27 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4270, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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