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Alfred Charles GEDDES

Regimental number2581
Place of birthRutherglen, Scotland
SchoolStonelaw, Rutherglen, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia14
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationTelephone mechanic
Address520 Murray Street, Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Geddes, 520 Murray Street, Perth, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed in Cadets and Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date18 October 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll11 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name3rd Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 12
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/22/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT RMS Mooltan on 11 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Field Company Engineers
FateKilled in Action 11 February 1917
Place of death or woundingBazentin le Petit
Age at death19
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialBazentin-Le-Petit Military Cemetery (Row G, Grave No. 4), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
23
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Eleanor GEDDES, "Clyde", Palmerston Street, Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsNil

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