Albert Percy HELSON

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Service Number:	1673
Enlisted:	7 January 1916, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	56th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, 11 May 1891
Home Town:	Whitton, Leeton, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Orchardist/Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 22 October 1916, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leeton ANZAC Memorial Clock Tower and Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

7 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 1673, Cootamundra, New South Wales
14 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1673, 56th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1673, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney

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Albert Percy HELSON was born on 11th May, 1891 in Broken Hill, NSW

His parents were Charles Henry HELSON and Harriet SHARPE who married in 1888 in South Australia