WARNES, Albert Percy
| Service Number: | 581 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 September 1914, Enlisted at Gympie, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Gympie, Queensland |
| Schooling: | State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Dairyman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 28 June 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 1, Row D, Grave 14 Chaplain J.C. McPhee officiated Headstone inscription reads: In memory of dear Albert son of Mr. & Mrs. Warnes of Gympie, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gympie & Widgee War Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 581, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Gympie, QLD | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement Private, 581, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked Private, 581, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William John and Edith Mary Warnes of Paddington, QLD formerly of Brisbane Road, Gympie, QLD. Brother of Florence Hilda May Barlow nee Warnes, Donald Ivan V. Warnes, Horace William Stanley Warnes who returned to Australia on 25 November 1918 having served with the 5th Light Horse Regiment and Jack Warnes who returned to Australia on 5 July 1919 having served with the Machine Gun Company
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
At the time of enlistment he was captain of the Woondom Rifle Club
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
At only 20 years old he was the youngest of three brothers, all of whom served during World War One. Albert was posted to the 9th Australian Infantry Battalion and undertook a short period of training at Enoggera before the battalion embarked for Egypt on the troopship Omrah.
While in Egypt the troops underwent a period of intense training, believing that they were heading to the Western Front, but the decision was made to assign the battalion to an Anglo-French force being sent to Gallipoli. Albert Warnes and his battalion were some of the very first men ashore during the ill-fated Gallipoli landing. While Albert survived the landing, it is estimated that 2,000 men were killed or wounded on the first day.
At the end of June 1915, the 9th battalion participated in attacks on Knife Edge and Sniper’s Ridge. It is thought that it may have been during these attacks that Albert Warnes was killed in action. He was one of 8,700 Australians who were killed during the Gallipoli campaign. Albert was buried at Shell Green Cemetery, which lies just South of Anzac Cove. The inscription on his headstone reads: ‘In Memory of dear Albert, son of Mr and Mrs Warnes of Gympie’. Fortunately for Albert’s parents, their two other sons returned safely to Australia.
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