Edwin James ALFORD

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Service Numbers:	6459, 6456
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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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: ''
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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