ALLISTON, James
| Service Number: | 3753 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | South Brunswick State School, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | |
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| 8 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3753, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3753, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3753, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3753 awm_unit: 23 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His brother 203 Pte William Donald Alliston 5th Battalion AIF was killed in action in Belgium, 20 September 1917.
A third brother was returned to Australia on the orders of the GOC AIF, General Birdwood, who noted 2462 Corporal George Duncan Alliston, 22nd Battalion had been once wounded and lost two brothers KIA.
Biography
Son of John William and Mary Alliston of 126 Albert Street, West Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 21 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 27 June 1916.
Admitted to 26th General Hospital, Etaples, 7 April 1916 (influenza); discharged to Base Details, 17 April 1916.
Found guilty, 29 May 1916, of being absent from 6 am parade, 27 May 1916: awarded 3 days' confined to camp.
Taken on strength, 23rd Bn, 1 June 1916.
Wounded in action, 28 July 1916 (shell shock); admitted to 2nd Australian Field Ambulance, 1 August 1916, and transferred to 1st Anzac Rest Station; discharged to Bn and rejoined, 5 August 1916.
Appointed Lance corporal, 12 August 1916.
Mentioned in 2nd Division Routine Orders, 26 August 1918, for gallant conduct in connection with recent hard fighting at Pozieres.
Appointed Temporary Corporal, 26 August 1916; Corporal, 5 October 1916; Sergeant, 5 October 1916.
Admitted to 7th Australian Field Ambulance, 5 December 1916 (gastritis), and transferred to No 1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital, Amiens; to Ambulance Train, 6 December 1916, and admitted to 1st Australian General hospital, Rouen, 7 December 1916; discharged to Base Details, 14 December 1916; rejoined Bn, in the field, 25 March 1917.
Admitted to 4th Australian Field Ambulance, 16 April 1917 (influenza); transferred to 56th Casualty Clearing Station, 24 April 1917; discharged to unit, 28 April 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 29 April 1917.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal