BULL, Alfred Douglas Norman
| Service Number: | 2000 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Bingara, NSW, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Bingara, New England, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | New England Grammar School Glen Innes, Scot's College Rose Bay |
| Occupation: | Jackeroo |
| Died: | Died of wounds, 17th Casualty Clearing Station, Poperinghe, Belgium, 2 November 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXI FF 11A, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bingara St John's Church BULL Memorial Plaque, Glen Innes New England Grammar School Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2000, 1st Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 15 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 2000, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 2000, 1st Light Horse Regiment, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 2 Nov 1917: | Involvement Driver, 2000, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2000 awm_unit: 39th Australian Field Artillery Battery awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1917-11-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Alfred William Howard Bull and Jane Isabelle Kennedy Bull (nee Stark), of Bingara, New South Wales.
Driver Alfred Douglas Norman Bull, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. H. Bull, of Bingara. Educated at New England Grammar School, Glen Innes, and Scot's College, Rose Bay, Sydney. Enlisted in October, 1915, he joined the 14th Reinforcements 1st Light Horse and went Egypt. While training in Egypt he volunteered for the artillery about April 1916 and joined the 39th Battery, l0th Brigade, and went to France, where he served until his death. He died of wounds in the 17th Casualty Clearing Station, France, on the 1st November, 1917, aged 21 years and 8 months. One of Australia's heroes.
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