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ALFORD, Edwin James
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 6459, 6456 |
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Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Maffra, Victoria, Australia, 5 August 1885 |
Home Town: | Yarram, Wellington, Victoria |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 14 April 1918, aged 32 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Traralgon War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Yarram WW1 War Memorial |
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World War 1 Service
2 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6459, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
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2 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6459, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
14 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 6456, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6456 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-14 |
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