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Alfred Hugh HOMER

Regimental number2557
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria
SchoolCentral State School, Dana Street, Ballarat, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressCoolgardie, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs Catherine Homer, Coolgardie, Western Australia
Enlistment date27 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name57th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/74/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 8 July 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death31
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialVignacourt British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row B, Grave No. II), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
164
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Catherine HOMER, 67 Bunting Street, Burnley, Victoria. Native of Ballarat, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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