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MITCHELL, Albert
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 1383, N60158, NX144350 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 November 1914, Liverpool, NSW, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Service Corps AIF |
| Born: | Burnham, Essex, England, 6 April 1900 |
| Home Town: | Cremorne, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Ships Steward |
| Died: | Illness - (1) Coronary, (2) Occlusion Heart Failure, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 3 July 1943, aged 43 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Grave Location: ANZ 7 75 20, ANZAC Portion 7/Section 75/Grave 20. Roll of Honour: Sydney, New South Wales., Lutwyche Cemetery, Lutwyche, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1383, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW, Australia | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1383, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' (NAA, Pg-59) | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, 1383, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney | |
| 7 Jan 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1383, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged (Medical): 07/01/1916. 1st Date: 30/05/1915, admitted "Dunluce Castle", Gallipoli - "Nervous Breakdown"; 2nd Date: 31/05/1915, admitted "No.2 General Hospital-Cairo, Egypt"; 3rd Date: 03/07/1915, invalided to Australia, ex Suez, per "Ballarat", for change, medically unfit, wounded in action; (NAA, Pg's-52, 59) *was medically debilitated, and transferred to (2) medical institutions well before his final discharge from his - AIF-WW1 service*. |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, N60158, Australian Army Service Corps, (NAA, Pg-7) | |
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| 11 Jun 1942: | Honoured Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Honour Awarded: 11/06/1942, London Gazette - Pg-2484, Pos-1. | |
| 7 Jul 1942: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, N60158, Lines of Communication Units, (NAA, Pg-7) | |
| 7 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, N60158, Lines of Communication Units, Mt Isa, Qld, Australia | |
| 7 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, NX144350 | |
| 2 Feb 1943: | Involvement Captain, NX144350, Echelon & Records, Involved-as per stated: 02/02/1943, [NSW Records Office], Unit (Specifically) - Echelon & Records (NSW); (NAA, Pg-7). | |
| 2 Feb 1943: | Transferred Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, Echelon & Records, Transferred-as per stated: 02/02/1943, Unit (Specifically) - [NSW Records Office], Echelon & Records (NSW); Details: allotted - 2nd AIF (S-No: NX144350); (NAA, Pg-7). | |
| 24 Mar 1943: | Promoted Major, Echelon & Records, Involved-as per stated: 24/03/1943, [NSW Records Office] Unit (Specifically) - Echelon & Records (NSW); [(NAA, Pg-6, 7). | |
| 31 Mar 1943: | Involvement Major, NX144350, Australian Army Service Corps AIF, Involved-as per stated: 31/03/1943, [126 A.G.T., A.A.S.C] Unit (Specifically): 126th Australian General Transport Coy, Australian Army Service Corps; he was involved in service -2nd AIF- to his eventual death-Date: 03/07/1943, natural cause of death - (1) Coronary, (2) Occlusion heart failure; (NAA, Pg's-2, 7). | |
| 31 Mar 1943: | Transferred Major, Australian Army Service Corps AIF, (NAA, Pg-7) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daniel Bishop
Son of James MITCHELL & Mary (nee CHAPMAN) MITCHELL.
Next of Kin - Wife: [MITCHELL, Julie], Julie Florence Adela (nee HOLMES) MITCHELL, of Cremorne, Nth Sydney, New South Wales.
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