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Albert George CHENERY

Regimental number582
Place of birthHardley, Nr Loddon, Norfolk, England
SchoolElementary School
Age on arrival in Australia17
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarm hand
AddressLangley near Loddon, Norfolk, England
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Height5' 8.875"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinFather, Henry F Chenery, Langley near Loddon, Norfolk, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 24 October 1915
Place of death or woundingDardanelles, Turkey
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialPieta Military Cemetery (Plot A, Row XVII, Grave No. 6), Malta
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
96
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Ellen CHENERY, Langley, Norfolk, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Wounded in action, 19 October 1915 (gun shot wound, thigh), and admitted to 6th Field Ambulance; transferred same day to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station; to HS 'Soudan', 23 October 1915, and admitted to Cottonera Hospital, Malta.

Died of wounds (cellulitis), 24 October 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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