Alfred Joseph SIZER

SIZER, Alfred Joseph

    Service Number: 3609
    Enlisted: 10 July 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 57th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Numurkah, Victoria, Australia, 1896
    Home Town: Flora Hill, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
    Schooling: Numurkah State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Grocer
    Died: Killed in Action, Flers, France, 12 December 1916
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Numurkah Baulkamaugh Roll of Honour, Numurkah Town Hall Shire of Numurkah Roll of Honor, Numurkah and District War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    10 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3609, 21st Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
    29 Dec 1915: Involvement Private, 3609, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
    29 Dec 1915: Embarked Private, 3609, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
    26 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
    19 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3609, 57th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
    12 Dec 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3609, 57th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    According to several eyewitness reports (Red Cross file), Pte 3609 Alfred Joseph Sizer, 57th Btn, was killed while working on a carrying party behind the lines at Delville Wood (Flers) when he was hit by a German HE shell.

    His brother, Pte 3610 Arthur Albert Sizer, 57th Btn, had been killed in the same region only days earlier on 28 November 1916.

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