Albert James BORGMEYER

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BORGMEYER, Albert James

Service Number:	3812
Enlisted:	28 April 1917, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wandearah, South Australia, 26 October 1888
Home Town:	Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling:	Telowie Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Influenza/pneumonia, Sutton Veny Military Hospital, England, United Kingdom, 17 October 1918, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Sutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard, Wiltshire, England
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Pine Point Muloowurtie Memorial Institute , Wandearah East Broughton Plains Region War Memorial

World War 1 Service

28 Apr 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3812, Adelaide, South Australia
30 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3812, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Oct 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3812, 5th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
17 Oct 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3812, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3812 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-10-17

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Biography

Cemetery details: Sutton Veny (St John) Churchyard, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England

"BORGMEYER.- On the 17th October, at the Sutton Veny Military Hospital, London, No. 3812, Private Albert J. Borgmeyer, 48th Battalion (late 5th Pioneers), Australian Imperial Forces, the second beloved son of Mrs. E. Borgmeyer, of Solomontown (late Yorke's Peninsula), from influenza and pneumonia, aged 31 years.
The blow, was sudden, the shock severe,
We little thought his death was near.
Only those who have lost can tell
The pain at heart at not saying farewell.
A painful shock, a blow severe,
To part with one we loved so dear.
No one he loved was by his side,
But with God in heaven he will abide.
— Inserted by his sorrowing mother." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 30 Nov 1918 (nla.gov.au)

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