Albert Eric LITTLE

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Service Number:	6051
Enlisted:	8 April 1916, Geelong, Vic.
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 21 March 1898
Home Town:	Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Swanston Street State School, Geelong, Victoria
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 30 September 1917, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XXV, Row G, Grave No. 3,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

8 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6051, 14th Infantry Battalion, Geelong, Vic.
1 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 6051, 14th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
1 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 6051, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Melbourne
11 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6051, 14th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First)
20 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion, France
27 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6051, 14th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, SW to abdomen. Evacuated to the 2nd Canadian CCS (situated at Lijssenthoek) where he died of his wounds three days later on 30 September 1917.
30 Sep 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 6051, 14th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6051 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-30

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