Albert William BANKS

BANKS, Albert William

    Service Number: 3316
    Enlisted: 13 July 1915, Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 17th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bromley, England, 1 December 1893
    Home Town: Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
    Schooling: Bromley England
    Occupation: Butcher, Tram Conductor
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    World War 1 Service

    13 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3316, 17th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
    20 Dec 1915: Involvement Private, 3316, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
    20 Dec 1915: Embarked Private, 3316, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of Albert and Emma BANKS, Hackney, London.  

    Husband of Mabel L BANKS, 144 Moore Street, Leichardt, NSW

    Albert served in Egypt, Sinai Tel-el-Keber, France and Belgium and was wounded near Le Transloy and invalided to Birimingham Hospital England.  He returned to Australia in October 1917. 

    Two older brothers also enlisted, on with the Canadian Forces and the other with the British.

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