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ALSTON, Harry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 591 |
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Enlisted: | 25 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bolton, Lancashire, England, 1888 |
Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Mechanic |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 April 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC The Lone Pine Memorial Panel 32, Gallipoli, Turkey, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
25 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT Ascanius | |
27 Apr 1915: | Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
Date unknown: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 591, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Served for 3 years in the Territorial Force in England before coming out to Australia
Original member of G Comany 10th Battalion AIF
15 January 1915 - Admitted to hospital with pneumonia
28 January 1915-Classed as being deaf
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal