KEWLEY, Albert Edward
| Service Numbers: | 6053, 5053 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ashbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1863 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Illness, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 22 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria Ballarat (New) General Cemetery, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 6053, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
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| 28 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 6053, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 22 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 5053, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5053 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-22 |
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Son
KEWLEY, Serjt. Frederick Hugh, 884. 14th Bn. Killed in action 1st May, 1915. Age 19. Son of Emily Kewley and the late A. E. Kewley. Native of Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia. Courtney's and Steel's Post Cemetery Sp. Mem. 28.
5053 Private Albert Edward Kewley 8th Battalion, AIF, enlisted at Ballarat in May 1916, almost a year after his son’s death, and it is reported that he joined up to avenge Frederick’s death. He gave his age as 49 years and 6 months, and he left for overseas in July 1916. He was a miner, and not long after enlisting was complaining of shortness of breath and coughing badly. Albert was diagnosed with bronchitis and asthma in November 1916, and it was decided he was unfit for military service and was returned to Australia in February 1917. He died at his own residence, 22 April 1917 only a few days after arriving home. The father of six children, he was actually 53 years old and is listed on the Roll of Honour at the AWM.
A second son also served in the AIF, 45A Corporal Edwin Bennett Kewley, only 18 years old when he enlisted, and served with the 1st Casualty Clearing Station from 1915 until he was returned home in March 1919.