
ANGRAVE, Alfred James
Service Numbers: | 1325, 258 |
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Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Hindmarsh, South Australia, 28 August 1883 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Flinders Street Public School |
Occupation: | Trolley driver |
Died: | Died of wounds, Port Said, Egypt, 3 June 1916, aged 32 years |
Cemetery: |
Port Said War Memorial Cemetery Row O, Grave 22, Port Said War Memorial Cemetery, Port Said, Suez Canal, Egypt |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Biography
Son of Thomas and Margaret Ann Angrave of Hindmarsh, South Australia
Husband of Ethel May Angrave of Durban Street, West Adelaide, SA.
Private in 3 Light Horse Regiment
Joined unit at Gallipoli, 6 August 1915.
Disembarked Alexandria from HS 'Gascon' 30 August 1915 (dysentery);
admitted to No 1 General Hospital, 1 September 1915 (bruised back and dysentery);
transferred to Convalescent Hospital, Helouan, 16 September 1915 (light duties).
Admitted to No 1 General Hospital, 1 November 1915 (colic); discharged to duty, 4 November 1915.
Embarked Alexandria to rejoin Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 13 November 1915.
Disembarked Alexandria from Mudros, 4 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).
Rejoined unit, 29 December 1915, and proceeded to Western Front.
Wounded in action, Romani, 1 June 1916 (bomb wound, buttock),
admitted to 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance,
transferred to Lowlands Field Ambulance.
3 June 1916 died of wounds, 31st General Hospital, Port Said
Medals:
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Submitted by Carol Foster.