LEES, Albert Edward
| Service Number: | 2469 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 April 1916, Mackay, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 17 February 1888 |
| Home Town: | Mackay, Mackay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural Causes, 21 November 1976, aged 88 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Townsville (Belgian Gardens) Cemetery, Qld Section F3, Row 24 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Mackay Old Town Hall Honour Roll, Townsville No. 37 Magnetic Lodge P.A.F.S.O.A. Honor Board |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2469, 47th Infantry Battalion, Mackay, Qld. | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2469, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2469, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Albert was born in Brisbane on 17 Feb 1888, son of William Henry Lees and Sarah Jane Toplisk.
Private Lees enlisted 23 Apr 1916 in Mackay aged 28, and embarked from Brisbane per HMAT A49 “Seang Choon” on 19 Sep 1916.
He served on the Western Front with the 47th Battalion AIF. He was Wounded in Action with a gunshot wound to the head on 7 Jun 1917 in France. He was reported Missing in Action on 5 Apr 1918, then reported taken POW in France, and interned in POW camp in Germany.
He returned to Australia, (invalided) on 31 Mar 1919, and discharged on 18 May 1919.
He married Elsie May Bignell on 14 Apr 1928.
Courtesy of Samual Cox
He died 21 Nov 1976. Albert was a labourer.
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