WITHERS, Albert Clement
| Service Number: | 64258 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 March 1918, Adelaide South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Gawler, South Australia, 28 August 1896 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Victoria, Australia , 28 July 1957, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor, Gawler Loyal Gawler Lodge I.O.O.F. M.U. WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Mar 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide South Australia | |
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| 14 Sep 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT Port Darwin | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 64258, 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
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ALBERT CLEMENT WITHERS
Albert was the son of Arthur Ernest WITHERS & Alice DAVIES and was born on the 28th of August 1896 in Gawler.
His parents were married on the 13th of May 1896 at the residence of Alice’s sister. Alice was 6 months pregnant with Albert when they married.
He was educated in Gawler.
Albert was a blacksmith
In 1911 he joined the Senior Cadets; in Gawler and in 1915 he joined the 23rd Australian Light Horse Regiment (Barossa), Citizen Military Forces, B Squadron.
He enlisted into the 5th Reinforcements S Egypt on the 12th of March 1918 in Adelaide and allotted the service number 64258.
He embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A15 “Port Darwin” on the 14th of September 1918 for Suez.
On the 13th of November 1918 he was transferred to the 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
After the conclusion of hostilities, the Australian Mounted Division undertook occupation duties in Tripoli, near the coast, until it returned to Egypt in early 1919. The brigade's individual regiments were used to quell unrest during the Egyptian revolt; commencing in March.
Albert returned to Australia from Kantara on board the HT 'Orari' on the 16 of May 1919 and disembarked in Adelaide on the 26th of June 1919.
Albert was discharged on the 11th of July 1919 and returned to his home town of Gawler.
By 1936 he had moved to 14 Newry Street Prahran, VIC and was employed as a clerk.
In 1943 he was living at 270 Chapel Street, Prahran (Post Office Hotel).
Albert died in the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, VIC on the 28th of July 1957, aged 60 years, He was cremated and his ashes interred in the Fawkner Cemetery; Garden Of Remembrance 3 Wall Niches, Section 2, Side N/Row 4, Niche 6.
Biography
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