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RUSSELL, Albert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6637 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 September 1914, Enlisted at Pontville, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Burnie, Burnie, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 30 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burnie War Memorial, City of Brunswick Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6637, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Pontville, Tasmania | |
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| 2 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6637, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6637, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Kate Russell of Burnie, Tasmania
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served 6 months in Cadets
Your service and sacrifice remembered always.