Alfred Keith BECK

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Service Numbers:	762, 243
Enlisted:	17 September 1914, Launceston, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	3rd Field Company Engineers
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, 13 March 1897
Home Town:	Invermay, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Charles Street State School
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 5 June 1918, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Le Peuplier Military Cemetery Plot 1, Row A, Grave 14, Le Peuplier Military Cemetery, Caestre, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph

17 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 762, Launceston, Tasmania
1 Dec 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Field Company Engineers
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 762, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 762, 3rd Field Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
26 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 243, 3rd Field Company Engineers, Transferred from 1st Reinforcements to the 3rd Field Company on 26 February 1915 and allottedd Service Number 243
12 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Field Company Engineers
22 Jul 1916:	Wounded Sergeant, 243, 3rd Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières , GSW (arm)
15 Oct 1917:	Wounded Sergeant, 243, 3rd Field Company Engineers, 2nd occasion - GSW (buttocks)
5 Jun 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 243, 3rd Field Company Engineers, Merris (France), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 243 awm_unit: 3rd Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-06-05

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Other service number 762

3 Field Company Engineers

Rank - Sergeant

Son of Alfred Henry and Kate Mary Beck of Launceston, Tasmania.