AMERY, Alexander Stevenson
| Service Number: | 4974 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 March 1916, Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Boweya, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Boweya State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bowyea State School No 2488 Roll of Honor, Thoona War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia | |
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| 3 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4974, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jul 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4974, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne | |
| 3 Jul 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT A33 Ayrshire from Melbourne |
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Second given name entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as Stevenson.
Son of Joseph and Eliza Amery
Embarked Melbourne, 3 July 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 2 September 1916.
Proceeded overseas to France from 6th Training Bn, 12 November 1916; taken on strength, 22nd Bn, 24 November 1916.
Reported Missing in Action, 3 May 1917.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 26 november 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 3 May 1917'.
Statement, Red Cross File No 0080104, 564 Corporal C.G. BURNS, 22nd Bn, 31 August 1917: 'He was wounded at Bullecourt, and sent to Hospital in England. several of our men who have been over on leave have seen him there. I heard he was shortly to return to Australia.'
Second statement, J. KENNEDY (no further identification), 4 November 1917: 'I only knew him to have been badly wounded near the German line. Whether he died or was grabbed by the Germans I can't say. This was the morning of the 3.5.17.'
Third statement, 4700 Pte J.T. FARRELL, 22nd Bn (undated): 'Pte. Kennedy of D. Coy. told me that he was in the same shell hole as Amery, in the 1st German lines at Bullecourt on May 3rd, 1917. They left the shell hole to crawl to another and Kennedy says that Amery and another man were killed by a shell.'
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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