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Samuel ALDRED

Regimental number2748
Place of birthAtherton, Lancashire, England
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressElsternwick, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation39
Height5' 4.25"
Weight127 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Julia Aldred, 4 Trafford Avenue, Elsternwick, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 February 1916
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name59th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/76/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 2 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 14 December 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date22/2/1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 2 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 16 November 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 31 December 1916; marched into 5th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 1 January 1917.

Proceeded to unit, 2 January 1917; taken on strength of 59th Bn, 4 January 1917.

Detached to 2nd Army Rest Camp, 27 August 1917; rejoined unit, 7 September 1917.

Admitted to No 15 Australian Field Ambulance, 22 November 1917 (debility); discharged, 13 December 1917, and rejoined 59th Bn the same day.

On leave to United Kingdom, 25 January 1918; rejoined unit, 11 February 1918.

Admitted to No 15 Australian Field Ambulance, 4 November 1918 (myalgia and debility); transferred to No 3 Australian General Hospital, 4 November 1918; to Australian Convalescent Depot, Le Havre, 9 November 1918; marched into Australian Intermediate Base Depot, Le Havre, 15 November 1918.

Proceeded to England, 26 November 1918, and disembarked Southampton the same day; marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 27 November 1918 (Class B3).

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Somerset', 4 December 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 15 January 1919; discharged Melbourne (medically unfit: premature senility), 22 February 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death8 February 1922
Age at death43
Place of burialBrighton Cemetery, Victoria
SourcesNAA: B2455, ALDRED Samuel

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