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Albert Frederick CALDER

Regimental number5700
Date of birth23 July 1894
Place of birthUnley, South Australia
SchoolGoodwood Public School, South Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFireman
AddressGoodwood Street, Clarence Park, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Calder, Goodwood Street, Clarence Park, South Australia
Previous military service78th Infantry; Served in Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date26 August 1915
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name3rd Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 14
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/22/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 20 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Field Company Engineers
FateKilled in Action 26 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialSt. Julien Dressing Station Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 8), Langemarck, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
23
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Goodwood Public School Roll of Honor. Photo: Peter Dennis. Parents: David and Mary CALDER, 'Cottonville', Goodwood Road, Adelaide, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1824 Pte Henry George CALDER, 27th Bn, killed in action, 5 August 1916.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Killed in action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 26 September 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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