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Albert George GRAHAM

Regimental number3065
Place of birthDundee, Scotland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPainter
AddressAuburn, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Height5' 1"
Weight116 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mary Graham, 40 Park Road, Auburn, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 9 years in the Durham Light Infantry, British Army (time expired); 9 months Home Service, Australia.
Enlistment date16 December 1916
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name33rd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/50/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 January 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll33rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 16 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot IX, Row E, Grave No. I), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
122
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Emma GRAHAM; husband of Mary GRAHAM, 19 Bogan Street, Summer Hill, Sydney, NEW SOUTH WALES
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 24 January 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 27 March 1917. Marched into AIF Details, Fovant, 2 April 1917. Sick to Isolation, No 1 Camp, 28 April 1917. Attached to No 1 Camp Isolation for duty, 28 April 1917. Marched into 9th Training Bn from Fovant Hospital, 12 June 1917. Found guilty, 8 October 1917, of being absent without leave from Reveille, 7 October, till Tattoo, 7 October 1917: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeiture of a total of 8 days' pay.

Marched into 3rd Division Signal School, 21 March 1918. Found guilty, 10 April 1918, of beinf absent without leave from 1200, 8 April, till 1700, 9 April 1918: awarded 7 days' confined to barracks.

Proceeded overseas to France, 15 April 1918; taken on strength, 33rd Bn, 18 April 1918.

Killed in action, 16 August 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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