Albert Hugh WARNECKE

WARNECKE, Albert Hugh

    Service Number: 1670
    Enlisted: 15 January 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Numurkah, Victoria, Australia, 1887
    Home Town: Cunderdin, Cunderdin, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Died of wounds - head and thigh, at sea on board HMT Dongola, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 May 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, buried at sea. Rev. P.W. Clarkson officiated Panel 57, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cunderdin War Memorial Drive, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    15 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1670, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
    22 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 1670, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
    22 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 1670, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Itonus, Fremantle

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Albert Christian Warnecke and Hannah Warnecke nee Loftus of Cunderdin, WA. Brother of Victor Loftus Warnecke who returned to Australia on 4 July 1919 having served with the Australia Army Servie Corps, Dora Elizabeth Warnecke, May Warnecke, Sarah Mary Warnecke and Hope Warnecke

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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