DALE, Alfred
Service Numbers: | 167, 1401 |
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Enlisted: | 9 January 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1895 |
Home Town: | Middleton, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Driver |
Died: | Natural causes, Queensland, 11 September 1963 |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
9 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 167, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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28 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 167, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
28 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 167, 13th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
30 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1401, Brisbane, Queensland | |
4 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1401, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Sydney | |
4 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1401, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: '' | |
1 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Light Horse Brigade Train | |
13 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Light Horse Regiment, IN the field | |
11 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Army Medical Corps (AIF), 4th Training Battalion, Codford | |
5 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 1st Light Horse Regiment | |
3 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Army Medical Corps (AIF), 13th Training Battalion, Codford | |
9 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 167, Gunshot wounds to both knees | |
21 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Army Medical Corps (AIF), 12th Training Battalion | |
11 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 167, Discharged 3 Military District while wounded |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Charles Dale and Mary Theresa Dale nee Tierney of Lower Longley, Tasmania
Next of kin given as his brother R Dale of Middleton, Tasmania; also brother of Leslie Derwent Dale who was killed in action on 1 May 1918 and was buried in the Le Peuplier Military Cemetery . Row A, Grave 3 and George Dale
In 1920 Alfred married Nellie Carroll in Victoria
In 1931 Alfred was living at Dimboola, Victoria
Returned to Australia on 12 December 1918 on board HT Nestor
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal