Alfred Edmund Johnston O'DWYER

Alfred Edmund Johnston O'DWYER Update Details

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Service Number:	2486
Enlisted:	24 January 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Petersham, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Chatswood, Willoughby, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Petersham, New South Wales, Australia, 25 June 1953, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

24 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2486, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
14 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 2486, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
14 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 2486, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
6 Jun 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion, From 31st Battalion
23 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 61st Infantry Battalion , From 1st Pioneer Battalion
21 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion, From 61st Battalion
27 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2486, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Shell shock. Embarked for England on 29 July 1917 aboard HS Malama
25 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2486, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed. Invalided to England on 28 August 1918
14 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2486, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to gassing

Son of Edmund O'Dwyer and Alice Ssrah O'Dwyer of 'Hillyrne', Johnston Street, Chatswood, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 22 December 1918 aboard HT Bakara disembarking on 14 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Alfred married Thelma E.L. Hobson in Chatswood, NSW.

Post war Alfred became a member of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A.' Masonic Sub Branch