CAPPER, Alfred Metcalfe
| Service Number: | 3266 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 August 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Opotiki, Auckland, New Zealand, 1870 |
| Home Town: | Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Opouriao School, New Zealand |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Gun shot wounds to legs, 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, France, 25 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Plot II, Row F, Grave 103, Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3266, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3266, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3266, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 16 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Feb 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3266, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Gun shot wounds to legs | |
| 25 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3266, 53rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Alfred Metcalf CAPPER was born c.1870 in Opotiki, Auckland, New Zealand
His parents were Samuel CAPPER & Mary Jane SMITh
He married Rose MERRIMAN in New Zealand in 1889 and had two daughters, Caroline Ada & Maud.
Alfred came to Australia and was living in Randwick, Sydney when he enlisted in Liverpool, NSW on 8th August, 1915 and embarked with the 2nd Infantry Battalion, 11th reinforcements on the ship HMAT Euripides from Sydney on 2nd November, 1915
He was transferred to the 53rd Infantry Battalion on 16th February, 1916
He was wounded in action on 19th February, 1916 with gun shot wounds to his legs and transferred to the No. 2 Casualty Clearing Station where he died from his wounds on 25th July, 1916
He is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension in France, Plot II, Row F, Grave 103
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal.
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