BOARDMAN, Alfred
| Service Number: | 3238 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 18 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Portland, Victoria, 14 October 1864 |
| Home Town: | Williamstown, Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Caufield, Victoria, 27 December 1935, aged 71 years |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3238, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3238, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3238, 14th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 28 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3238, 14th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, Admitted Bagthorpe Hospital UK 3 Oct 16 | |
| 9 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3238, 14th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia 4 May 1917 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ian Cusack
Alfred was born in Portland Victoria and as child with his family they moved to Mount Gambier, South Australia, here he was apprenticed to a blacksmith and later qualified and worked in the Mount Gambier area.
He bore 8 children and sadly his wife Ellen passed away soon after the birth of their 8th child.
After the passing of his wife the family moved to Melbourne, living in the Caufield / Williamstown areas.
Alfred was 50 years old at the time of enlistment but must have bent the truth as he enlisted on the 19th August 1914, stating his age was 44years and 7 months. At his enlistment he named his youngest son Silvester as his Next of Kin, he was aged 7 at the time, he later changed his Next of Kin to Ann Boardman
His second son Rockley also enlisted for service in WW1 on the 4th of Jan 1915, who was sadly killed in France on the 1st of Sept 1918.
Submitted by Ian Cusack (Vietnam Veteran 4721611), Alfred was my Grandfather John Frederick Boardman's (WW1 veteran 6393) uncle
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