ALDERSON, George Ernest Randal
| Service Number: | 3843 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 October 1917, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Norfolk, England, 4 September 1873 |
| Home Town: | Stepney, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Contractor |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Keswick Hospital, South Australia, 24 December 1922, aged 49 years |
| Cemetery: |
AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Oct 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3843, 48th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 22 Mar 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3843, 48th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Mar 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3843, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 10 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3843, 48th Infantry Battalion |
3843 Pte George Ernest Randal Alderson
From How We Served
3843 Private George Ernest Randal Alderson of Stepney, South Australia had immigrated to Australia from England and had served wth in the British Teritorial Army prior to enlisting for War Service with the 1st AIF on the 5th of October 1917.
At nearly 44, George was older then most when he joined up and was married and privatley employed as a contractor. George was allocated to reinforcements for the 48th Battalion 1st AIF and embarked for England and further training on the 22nd of March 1918. Joining his Unit in the trenches of France, where he was taken on strength on the 16th of August, George's service was continuous until War's end.
George was returned to Australia on the 17th of August 1919 for demobilisation and received his formal discharge from the 1st AIF as of the 10th of September 1919. George's death occurred whilst he was a patient of the Keswick Hospital on the 24th of December 1922 at the age of 49. Private Alderson was formally laid to rest within West Terrace Cemetery, South Austraalia.
Submitted 23 August 2019 by Evan Evans
Biography
"ALDERSON.— On the 24th December, at Keswick Hospital, after a long and painful illness,George Ernest, beloved husband of Alice A. Alderson, 22 Field-street, city, leaving wife and eight children, two grandchildren to mourn their sad loss." - from the Adelaide Express 27 Dec 1922 (nla.gov.au)
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