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Alfred Walpole MUNDY

Regimental number47O
Place of birthLeytonstone, Essex, England
SchoolDavies Lane School, Leytonstone and Coburn Rd School, Stratford, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressPO, Queenstown, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, A J Mundy, 36 Canterbury Road, Leyton London, England
Enlistment date20 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentLance Corporal
Unit name12th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board Transport A2 Geelong on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe was wounded at Gallipoli landing, returned and served till evacuation. Went to France with first contingent and never had leave to come home though so near. He was killed before we saw him - though there were thousands of Australians in London who had no friends or relations there.
FateKilled in Action 23 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery (Special Memorial No. 15), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
67
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ethel and the late Alfred Jones MUNDY, South Spreyton, Tasmania. Native of Leytonstone, Essex, England

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