Alfred Lionel BRADLEY

BRADLEY, Alfred Lionel

Service Number: 4133
Enlisted: 30 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 48th Infantry Battalion
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 17 June 1896
Home Town: Parkside, Unley, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Monumental Mason
Died: Died of wounds, France, 14 November 1916, aged 20 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Roll (New), Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

30 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
11 Jan 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4133, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
11 Jan 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4133, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Borda, Adelaide
14 Nov 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4133, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4133 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-14

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Biography

"THE LATE PRIVATE A. BRADLEY.

Mr. and Mrs. W. Bradley, of 67 Castle-street, Parkside, have been notified of the death of their son, Private Alfred Bradley, as the result of wounds received in France in action on November 14. He was the youngest of four brothers serving at the front. Private Bradley reached his twentieth birthday in France on June 17. He left South Australia on January 11, 1916. Before enlisting he served twelve months as a guard at Torrens Island, and then at Keswick. He was of a bright and happy disposition and was well liked and respected." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 23 Dec 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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