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Albert Edward BATES

Date of birth18 May 1884
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolSuperior Public School, New South Wales
Other trainingUniversity of Sydney; St Andrew's Presbyterian College, NSW
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationPresbyterian minister
AddressInverell, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Height5' 8"
Next of kinWife, Mrs Coralie Mary E Bates, Ashford Manse, Inverell, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed 4 years in the 4th Infantry Regiment, Citizen Military Forces, Newcastle, New South Wales.
Enlistment date30 September 1918
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentChaplain (4th Class)
Unit nameChaplains' Corps
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Zealandic on 5 October 1918
Rank from Nominal RollChaplain
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of pneumonic influenza at No 53 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, Kent, England.
FateDied of disease 9 February 1919
Age at death34
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row K, Grave No. 8), Surrey, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
185
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Henry and Christina BATES, husband of C.M.E. BATES, Woodland Avenue, Pymble, near Sydney. Native of Burwood, Sydney
Other details

War service: England (post-armistice)

Embarked Melbourne, 5 October 1918; disembarked London, England, 55 December 1918.

Admitted to 3rd Australian Auxiliary hospital, Dartford, 4 February 1919; died of pneumonia, 9 February 1919.

Medal: British War Medal
Miscellaneous detailsEmbarked for continuous service.
SourcesNAA: B2455, BATES Albert Edward

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