Alfred UPTON

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Service Number:	7259
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	5th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	London, England, 1888
Home Town:	Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Printer
Died:	French's Forest, New South Wales, Australia, 1954, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

18 Nov 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 7259, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 7259, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Sydney

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Address at the time of enlistment was C/- William Wally, Arthur Street, Ashfield, NSW

Son of Herbert W. Upton of Humberstone Road, Plaistow, London, England.

30 August 1915 - enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW, with the 5th Field Artillery Brigade with the rank of Gunner

30 September 1917 - promoted to Bombardier

Commenced return to Australia on 24 April 1919 aboard HT Runic disembarking on 11 June 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

17 August 1919 - discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit