DEAN, Alfred Warren
| Service Number: | 5328 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 23 March 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Warrrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 17 December 1895 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Kew State School, Geelong College, Royal Military College Duntroon |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geelong College WW1 Roll of Honour, Newtown All Saints Church Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5328, 24th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5328, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5328, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Melbourne |
Help us honour Alfred Warren Dean's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
“Born on 17 December 1895 in Warrnambool, the son of Alfred and Gladys (Walker) Dean, Alfred was educated at Kew State School and The Geelong College in 1908-09. He entered the Royal Military College Duntroon spending two years there, but failing his examinations.
He was serving in the Melbourne University Rifles when he enlisted on 24 March 1916, aged 21, at Warrnambool and embarked on HMAT A28 Maltiades on 1 August 1916. He embarked for France from England on 19 November 1916 and was attached to the 6th Machine Gun Company.
Regarding his death, Pte Hugh C Reid of Broadford wrote to the Red Cross Information Bureau, telling of the circumstances at Second Bullecourt on 3 May 1917:
“Killed at Bullecourt near Railway Embankment and I helped bury him behind the old front line on 3 May. I put a cross up over him. Padre said he would send his effects back to his people”.
Alfred’s Casualty Sheet with his official record notes that he was buried in the vicinity of Bullecourt. His grave however was lost before it could be registered by the Grave Registration Unit, thus his name is commemorated on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial, France.
Information soured from Geelong Collegians - by James Affleck
OUR HEROES.
Corpl. Alfred Warren-Dean, nephew of Mrs Ernest Walker, of Knight-street, Shepparton, has been killed at the West front. He was a student at Duntroon Military College, and the only son of Mrs Dean, of Mary-street, Hawthorn, and the late Mr Alfred Dean, senior inspector of schools.
DEAN. - Killed in action, 3rd May, somewhere in France, Gunner Alfred Warren Dean, aged 21 years, loved nephew of J. H. and A. Dean, and dear cousin of Arthur (on active service), Ethel, Grace, Hilda, Harry, Frank, and Madge Dean, of Embling road, Malvern.
A brave lad, loved by all.
DEAN. - On the 3rd May, 1917, somewhere in France, Gunner Alfred Warren, dearly loved son of Gladys (8 Mary street, Hawthorn) and the late Alfred Dean, aged 21, loving brother of Elsie, Mrs. Gibson (England), and Zoe.