Alfred William TAIT

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TAIT, Alfred William

Service Numbers:	6990, SX9301
Enlisted:	29 October 1918
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fremantle, Western Australia, 2 March 1904
Home Town:	Birkenhead, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	Killed in Action, Egypt, 10 July 1942, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	El Alamein War Cemetery Grave 16; Row A; Grave 8
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

29 Oct 1918:	Enlisted 6990
20 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Private, SX9301, Adelaide, South Australia
20 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX9301, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion
10 Jul 1942:	Involvement Private, SX9301, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography

Father John Arthur TAIT and Mother Jane Hendry Tait & sister Agnes Tait,
living at Birkenhead, SA

Next of kin in service:
Brother   PA1381 David Collison TAIT - Royal Australian Navy
              b. 6/5/1911 at Birkenhead, SA
              Able Seaman on HMAS Torrens
              Discharged from service on 22/1/1946

Brother   20154 Leonard George TAIT - Royal Australian Navy
              b. 20/10/1915 in Adelaide, SA
              STO PO on HMAS Cerebus
              Discharged from service on 13/8/1946

20/7/1940     Enlisted at Birkenhead, later signed up at Adelaide, SA

***service records need to be ordered through National Archives of Australia
as they have not yet been scanned for viewing.***

10/7/1942     died in Egypt (aged 38 years)
                    as a Private with the 2nd/48th Australian Infantry Battalion
buried in:      El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt
                    Grave 16; Row A; Grave 8

The location of his war medals is not known.

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 9/4/2015. Lest we forget.

"TAIT.— Killed in action on July 10, in Egypt, Private Alfred W. Tait, loved son of Mr. J. A. Tait and the late Mrs. Tait, loving brother of Bell, Con, Agnes, Bob, Dave, and Len." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 06 Aug 1942 (nla.gov.au)

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