Albert DRINKWATER

DRINKWATER, Albert

Service Numbers: 135, 1722
Enlisted: 19 August 1914, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 2nd Divisional Signal Company
Born: Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town: Queenscliff, Victoria
Occupation: Clerk
Died: 27 July 1947, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Drysdale (Bellarine) Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials: Coburg Moreland State School No 2837 Honour Roll

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World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 135, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Melbourne, Vic.
20 Oct 1914: Involvement Sapper, 135, 1st Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked Sapper, 135, 1st Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne
11 Mar 1915: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 135, 1st Divisional Signal Company, RTA 5 February 1915 "Services no longer required" for disciplinary discharge.
24 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1722, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Melbourne, Vic.
27 Oct 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 1722, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Melbourne on A38 HMAT Ulysses
27 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 1722, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Battle for Pozières
20 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 1722, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Mouquet Farm
9 Jul 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 1722, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, RTA 13 February 1917 and discharged as medically unfit (subacute laryngitis).

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