Regimental number | 4865 |
Place of birth | Charters Towers, Queensland |
School | Mount Pleasant State School, Victoria |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Miner |
Address | 72 Magpie Street, Ballarat, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Height | 5' 8" |
Weight | 161 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Mr J Pengelly, 72 Magpie Street, Ballarat, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Ballarat, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 8th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/25/5 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 60th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | No knowngrave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 22), Australian Cemetery, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 170 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Mary PENGELLY. Native of Charters Towers, Queensland |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 1465 Pte Frederick PENGELLY, Machine Gun Bn Details, returned to Australia, 19 February 1919; 3425 Corporal James Thomas PENGELLY, 24th Bn, returned to Australia, 3 July 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength, 60th Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 20 April 1916. Admitted to 6th Australian Field Ambulance, South Road Head, 11 May 1916; transferred to 14th Australian Field Ambulance, Ferry Post, 13 May 1916 (septic arm); discharged to unit, and rejoined, Ferry Post, 16 May 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Reported Missing, 19 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Note, Red Cross File No 2130311: 'No trace Germany[.] Cert. by Capt. Mills 10-10-19'. Statement, 1465 Pte F. PENGELLY, D Company, 29th Bn (patient, Colmore Road Hospital, King's Road, Birmingham, England), 15 March 1917: 'The above A. Pengelly was my brother Alfred. I have been informed that he was shot going across No Man's Land at Fromelles on the date given. The body was never recovered.' Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, PENGELLY Alfred
Red Cross File No 2130311 |