ALDERTON, Alfred Miller Connovy
| Service Number: | 2028 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cooks Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 20 February 1893 |
| Home Town: | Cooks Hill, Newcastle West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carriage painter |
| Died: | Accident , Croydon, New South Wales, Australia, 23 July 1939, aged 46 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-117. 48. |
| Memorials: | Wickham Honey Suckle Point (H.S.P.) Loco Railway Workshops Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 15 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2028, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2028, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2028, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 11 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2028, 36th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, GSW left knee | |
| 14 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 33rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2028, 33rd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery.
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
83 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 25th July 1939, Private Alfred Miller Connovy Alderton, also known as Ned, 33rd Battalion (Reg No-2028), carriage painter (Honeysuckle Workshops, Newcastle, N.S.W.), from 9 Laman Street, Cooks Hill, New South Wales and Croydon, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 46. ANGLICAN 2-117. 48.
Born at Cooks Hill, New South Wales on the 20th February 1893 to Jonathan and Ellen Alderton nee Mathews. Ned enlisted May 1916 with the 36th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 11.6.1917 (GSW left knee, slight, Battle of Messines).
Ned returned home June 1919, being discharged on the 12th August 1919.
Mr. Alderton’s name has been inscribed on the Honeysuckle Point Loco Workshop Roll of Honour (photo, unveiled on the 25th May 1915, 10 names originally inscribed, 44 names now inscribed, 5 Fallen) and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
A member of the Amalgamated Coachmakers, Railway Car & Waggon Makers & Wheelwrights Society of N.S.W., I have not located a Roll of Honour unveiling.
The tragic circumstances of Ned’s death were reported - accidental: hit by van.
Ned’s headstone plaque proudly tells us of his service with the 1stA.I.F., and I have placed poppies in remembrance of his sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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