Albert Edward VIERTEL

VIERTEL, Albert Edward

Service Number: 33722
Enlisted: 12 October 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 5th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 19 August 1894
Home Town: Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Photographer
Died: Queensland, Australia, 20 August 1984, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

12 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 33722, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
10 May 1917: Involvement Gunner, 33722, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
10 May 1917: Embarked Gunner, 33722, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
11 Oct 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, From Field Artillery Brigades
19 Oct 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , From 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
12 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 33722, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Julius Herman (Harry) Viertel and Louisa Henrietta Viertel nee Dunn of Duke Street, Kangaroo Point, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 19 February 1919 aboard HT Orca disembarking on 6 April 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 15 October 1921 Albert married  Frieda Ethel Brown in QLD.