Alfred Edmund Johnston O'DWYER

O'DWYER, Alfred Edmund Johnston

    Service Number: 2486
    Enlisted: 24 January 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 1st Pioneer Battalion
    Born: Petersham, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
    Home Town: Chatswood, Willoughby, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Petersham, New South Wales, Australia, 25 June 1953, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    24 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2486, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    14 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 2486, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
    14 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, 2486, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
    6 Jun 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion, From 31st Battalion
    23 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 61st Infantry Battalion , From 1st Pioneer Battalion
    21 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion, From 61st Battalion
    27 Jul 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2486, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Shell shock. Embarked for England on 29 July 1917 aboard HS Malama
    25 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2486, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed. Invalided to England on 28 August 1918
    14 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2486, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to gassing

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Edmund O'Dwyer and Alice Ssrah O'Dwyer of 'Hillyrne', Johnston Street, Chatswood, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 22 December 1918 aboard HT Bakara disembarking on 14 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1920c Alfred married Thelma E.L. Hobson in Chatswood, NSW.

    Post war Alfred became a member of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A.' Masonic Sub Branch

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