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VOLZ, Alfred Albert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 611 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 August 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Nambour, Queensland, Australia, 16 December 1888 |
| Home Town: | Caboolture, Moreton Bay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 26 July 1968, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 12 Section 17. Commemorated with a plaque in the QLD Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | Caboolture District WW1 Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 611, 13th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 14 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 611, 13th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 14 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 611, 13th Machine Gun Company, RMS Osterley, Melbourne | |
| 7 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Company, In France from the 13th Machine Gun Company | |
| 18 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 611, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Gassed. Embarked for England on 31 March 1918 aboard HS Cambria | |
| 1 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 5 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 611, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Discharged at the 1st Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of August Robert Volz and Mary Volz nee Lange of Caboolture, QLD.
Commenced return to Australia on 12 June 1919 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 29 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 22 January 1922 Alfred married Elsie Kropp in QLD
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