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ALCOCK, Alphonse

Service Number:	2578
Enlisted:	17 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia., 1897
Home Town:	Cottesloe, Western Australia
Schooling:	State School, Cottesloe, Western Australia
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 14 August 1916
Cemetery:	Courcelette British Cemetery Plot VIII, Row G, Grave 15
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cottesloe State School WW1 Honour Board, Mosman Park Memorial Rotunda

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 28th Infantry Battalion
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 2578, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 2578, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle
14 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2578, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2578 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-14

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Alphonse ALCOCK was born in Bendigo, Victoria in 1897

His parents were Alphonse Henry ALCOCK & Eliza SANDS