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DRINKWATER, Albert
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 135, 1722 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Queenscliff, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | 27 July 1947, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Drysdale (Bellarine) Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Coburg Moreland State School No 2837 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 135, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Sapper, 135, 1st Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Sapper, 135, 1st Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Mar 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 135, 1st Divisional Signal Company, RTA 5 February 1915 "Services no longer required" for disciplinary discharge. | |
| 24 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1722, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Melbourne, Vic. | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Sapper, 1722, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 1722, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Melbourne on A38 HMAT Ulysses | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Sapper, 1722, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 27 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 1722, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Battle for Pozières | |
| 20 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 1722, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Mouquet Farm | |
| 9 Jul 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 1722, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, RTA 13 February 1917 and discharged as medically unfit (subacute laryngitis). |
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