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ANSELL, Alfred Charles Dodson
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6958 |
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Enlisted: | 12 October 1916 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Hagley, Tasmania, 13 March 1894 |
Home Town: | Burnie, Burnie, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 23 April 1918, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Meteren Military Cemetery V B 589 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burnie War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
12 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6958, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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22 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 6958, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 6958, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
War Service
Born Westbury, Tas.
Son of Charles and Catherine ANSELL
Of New County Road, Burnie, Tas.
Occupation prior to enlistment Labourer
Enlisted 18 October 1916
Served on Western Front
Killed in action 23 April 1918
Aged 24 years
Buried Meteren Military Cemetery
Photograph Tasmania Weekly Courier 16 August 1917 Insert 5
Submitted 29 January 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography
Alfred Charles Dodson ANSELL was born on 13th March, 1894 at Hagley, Tasmania
His parents were Charles ANSELL and Catherine DAWSON