WAILES, Albert Joseph
| Service Number: | 1263 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 January 1916, West Maitland, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 6 April 1886 |
| Home Town: | Abermain, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Abermain War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cessnock Abermain Comforts Fund Pictorial Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1263, West Maitland, New South Wales | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1263, 34th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1263, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1263, 34th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Janine Thomson
In Memory Of Albert Joseph Wailes 1886-1917
Albert Joseph Wailes was born in Hamilton NSW on the 6th April,1886.The sixth child of British immigrants, Ralph and Sarah Wailes. Albert was raised in a working class Methodist family and grew up in Adamstown NSW. He attended Adamstown primary School. In 1912, aged 26, Albert married Sarah Hamilton and lived in Abermain, where he worked as a miner at the Abermain Colliery.
By 1916 they had 2 children Joyce and Albert Jnr.He had already served 3 years with the 14th infantry Abermain and on the 10th January 1916 enlisted in the AIF at West Maitland. In March 1916,he joined the newly formed "Maitlands Own" 34th battalion and was appointed to D company. He travelled to England for training then in November,1916 embarked for France to fight on the Western front.
Albert was dearly loved by his older sister Isabella who kept a photo of him in unifrom by her bedside .She recalls waking suddenly during the night to a loud noise and looked over to find the glass in the photo cracked. Instantly she knew something terrible had happened to Albert. Weeks later her worst fears were confirmed. Albert was killed in action at Passchendaele on the 12th October, 1917. His body was never recovered.
Alberts name can be found on the Role of Honour at the Abermain Cenotaph, the Australian War Memorial and Menin Gate, Belgium.
LOVED in LIFE
HONOURED in DEATH
CHERISHED in MEMORY
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