GUY, Alfred Alexander
| Service Numbers: | Officer, W47967 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | Volunteer Defence Corps (WA) |
| Born: | Burwood, NSW, 8 September 1892 |
| Home Town: | North Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Perth High School |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Upper Swan, WA, 24 June 1965, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 44th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' |
World War 2 Service
| 17 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, W47967, Volunteer Defence Corps (WA), Claremont, WA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
ALFRED ALEXANDER GUY, was born on 8th September, 1892, at Burwood, near Sydney, New South Wales, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Henry Guy. He was educated principally at the High School, Perth, Western Australia. He entered the service of the Bank at Perth on 3rd July, 1909, and was transferred to Kalgoorlie in May, 1912; and in February, 1913, he returned to Perth office as ledger-keeper.
Alfred Guy had had six years’ training with the Citizen Forces before he enlisted on 17th January, 1916. The following month he was made sergeant, and on 1st May of the same year was promoted to second-lieutenant in the 44th Battalion, just before leaving Australia.
Lieutenant Guy went into action soon after arrival in France, and on 21st November was gazetted lieutenant. While in the trenches he was hit in the head by an enemy bullet, and for months afterwards lay in the hospital completely paralysed in the right side, having lost both memory and speech. Fortunately he recovered sufficiently to allow of his being invalided back to Australia, and after a delicate operation at the Base Hospital, Fremantle, his condition improved considerably. He received his discharge on 30th May, 1918.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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