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BALE, Alfred Ernest
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 2559, 2559A |
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Enlisted: | 4 August 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Boloco, New South Wales, Australia, 11 September 1882 |
Home Town: | Jindabyne, Snowy River, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action (shell), Bapaume, France, 3 November 1916, aged 34 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
4 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2559, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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2 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2559, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
2 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2559, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
14 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
3 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2559A, 3rd Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2559A awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-03 |
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