Albert Edward RUNCORN

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RUNCORN, Albert Edward

Service Numbers:	257, 1612
Enlisted:	18 August 1914
Last Rank:	Battery Sergeant Major
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Talgai, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia, 28 December 1879
Home Town:	Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shipper
Died:	Myocarditis, Dunwich, Redland City, Queensland, Australia, 9 May 1941, aged 61 years
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Portion 10 - 81 - 20.
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 257, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
1 Mar 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 257, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900.
21 Jun 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 257, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 465 notes 3rd QMI embarked 9 May 1901 at Cape Town returning to Australia aboard Morayshire arriving Sydney 7 Jun 1901 (rail to Brisbane), disbanded 21 Jun 1901.

World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 1612, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
25 Sep 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 1612, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Rangatira embarkation_ship_number: A22 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 1612, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Rangatira, Brisbane
17 Jan 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
1 Sep 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Battery Sergeant Major, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , National Archives Australia WW1 service record.
15 May 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Battery Sergeant Major, 1612, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Invalided due to Shell Shock, 20 Apr 1916 returnrd to Australia aboard Ascanius, discharged 15 May 1916.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Albert Edward Runcorn served in both The South African (Boer) War and WW1 (Gallipoli). He first served as a Private S.N. 257 in the 3rd Queensland Mointed Infantry, Boer War. After returning to Australia he married Annie Victoria Roche in 1907.

With the outbreak of WW1 he again enlisted on 18 August 1914 as a Bombadier (rising in rank to Corporal, Sergeant, Battery Sergeant Major) in the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade (7th Battery) serving at Gallipoli.

(sources AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 472; and National Archives Australia WW1 service record).

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