EDMONSTON-FEARN, Alfred Jesse
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 17 September 1914, St Kilda, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 8th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Rawalpindi, India, 14 August 1886 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Uppingham, England |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Messines Ridge, Belgium, 6 July 1917, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Plot II, Row E, Grave 38 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , St Kilda, Victoria | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 8th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 1 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 8th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 20 May 1916: | Involvement Lieutenant, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 20 May 1916: | Embarked Lieutenant, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
| 6 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Battle of Messines, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 8th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-07-06 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Alfred Jesse EDMONSTON-FEARN was born in Rawal, Pindi, India on 14th August, 1886
His parents were Sefton FEARN and Maria LOVING who married in England in 1882
Alfred married Dorothy Mabel AMOS in Victoria in 1914 & had two children, Elsa Mabel & Sefton Alfred
He had previously served with the Royal Horse Artillery in England and was the Staff Sergeant of the Instructional Staff at the St Kilda Drill Hall when he applied for a Commission early in 1916 and was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant & Lieutenant just before embarking for the Front
He had spent 18 months as a Gunner, 2 years as a Bomber, 6 years as a Corporal & 18 months as a Staff Sergeant Major with the Instructional Staff.
He enlisted in St Kilda, Victoria on 17th September, 1914 and embarked on 20th May, 1916 from Melbourne with the 8th Field Artillery Brigade on the HMAT Medic
Alfred was Killed in Action at Messines Ridge in Belgium after being hit by a shall - he is buried in Kandahar Farm Cemetery & his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
Medals: British War Medal & Victory Medal
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Argus, Melbourne, 6th July 1918 page 13
EDMONSTON-FEARN - In affectionate remembrance of my darling husband and our dear Daddy, Lieutenant Alfred Jesse Edmonston-Fearn, 29th Battery, Killed in Action, Messines Ridge while on duty as forward observing Officer, July 6, 1917
"Far awy from all who loved him
Soldiers gently laid him to rest,
In a heroes grave he is sleeping
One of Gods brightest and best"
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