Alfred Villiers HEMMING

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HEMMING, Alfred Villiers

Service Number:	810
Enlisted:	3 January 1902, National Archives Australia- P2443 Nominal Roll 1st Battalion Commonwealth Horse, Qld Units p. 2, notes joined 3 Jan 1902.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
Born:	England, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 810, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
3 Jan 1902:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 810, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, National Archives Australia- P2443 Nominal Roll 1st Battalion Commonwealth Horse, Qld Units p. 2, notes joined 3 Jan 1902.
18 Feb 1902:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 810, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 522 notes 1st BACH embarked at Sydney 18 Feb 1902 aboard Custodian arriving Durban 19 Mar 1902.
19 Aug 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 810, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 522 notes 1st BACH embarked at Durban 11 Jul 1902 aboard Drayton Grange returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 13 Aug 1902, disbanded 19 Aug 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Alfred Villiers Hemming enlisted in 1902 in the 1st BACH (Qld unit 7th Contingent) and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 1 Feb 1902, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs. Hemming, The Oaks, Wells, Essex, England. In the original Nominal Roll of the 1st Battalion Aust. Commonwealth Horse, Qld units p. 2, it is noted his N.O.K. was his mother Mrs. Wells, The Oaks, Woodford Wells, Essex, England.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 524; National Archives Australia- P2443 Nominal Roll of 1st Battalion Commonwealth Horse, Queensland Units and Staff, p. 2).

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