KING, Alfred William Vernon
| Service Number: | 11353 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 August 1915, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 19 February 1897 |
| Home Town: | Dulwich Hill, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Died: | Natural causes, New York, USA, 3 July 1957, aged 60 years |
| Cemetery: |
Frenchs Forest Cemetery, NSW |
| Memorials: | Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 11353, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 15 Jan 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 11353, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 Jan 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 11353, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 3 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Alfred was born at Newtown on February 19, 1897, being the eldest son of Mr. William Edward King, of Dulwich Hill.
He was educated at the Sydney High School and joined the reporting staff of the Sydney Morning Herlad as a cadet in January, 1915.
Enlisting in November of the same year he sailed on January 15, 1916, as a Gunner in the Australian Field Artillery. After five months' training in Egypt, he left for France with the 115th Howitzer Battery, and first went into action early in July. He participated with the 5th Division in the battle of Fleurbaix, and went through the 1916-17 winter on the Somme with the 103rd Howitzer Battery of the 3rd Mobile Brigade, taking part in the Messines and Passchendaele battles. He was wounded in November, 1917. He returned to the battery in February, 1918, and remained in the fighting line until September, when he entered one of the officers' training schools in England and secured a commission.
In August 1919, he returned to Sydney and resumed duty in the office the following month.
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