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Nationality: Rank: Regiment: Age: Born : Date of Death: Additional information: Marital status : Schooling : Occupation : Physical description : Height : Weight : Skin color : Hair : Eyes : Other marks : Religion : Cemetery : |
Alderton Charles Edward
Australia born Gunner 6th Brigade . Australian Field Artillery Clifton Hill , Victoria 7 november 1917 Son of Mr. Alderton , Reid Street , North Fitzroy , Victoria Single Upholsterer 5'9" = 1.75 m 10 stone = 63.5 kg Fresh complexion Black Brown Mole on left thigh and right blade Church of England The Huts Cemetery Plot XIV , Row B , Stone 9 |
Military footsteps
14 july 1915 14 july - 11 november 1915 11 november 1915 31 december 1915 10 february 1916 22 march 1916 18 may 1916 7 june 1916 15 june 1916 26 july 1916 19 november 1916 20 november 1916 21 november 1916 25 november 1916 27 november 1916 14 december 1916 27 january 1917 24 february 1917 21 march 1917 24 march 1917 21 april 1917 23 april 1917 15 august 1917 8 september 1917 7 november 1917 |
Enlisted in Melbourne Posted to the 12th Depot Battalion Transferred to 18th Reinforcements , 2nd Field Artillery Brigade. Embarked at Melbourne per HMAT 'Afric' Taken on strength of 1st D.A.C. from Reinforcements and posted to N°3 section at Cairo , Egypt Taken on strength 59 th Battery at Tel-el-Kebir Transferred to 15th D.A.C. at Ferry Post , Egypt Embarked per HT 'Ioanian' at Alexandria with 5th Divisional Base Depot Artillery Reinforcements Disembarked at Marseille Joined 15th Field Artillery Brigade from 1st Reinforcements , 5th Div. Artillery Sick to 36th Casualty Clearing Station via 1st Australian Medical Dressing Station. Not yet diagnosed To 7th Ambulance Train Admitted to 2nd General Hospital , Le Havre Placed under observation ,To Reinforcement Camp Marched in at Australian General Base Depot , Etaples Rejoined unit in the field Transferred to 6th Army Field Artillery Brigade and posted to 18th Battery. To 6th Australian Field Ambulance with scabies , transferred to 13th Australian Field Ambulance Discharged to duty Admitted to 13th Australian Field Ambulance with mumps, transferred to Corps Mumps Station , later admitted to 4th Australian Field Ambulance. Discharged to duty Rejoined unit in the field Proceeded on leave to UK Rejoined unit Killed in action An extract from the 6th Australian Field Artillery ,7 november 1917 : Location : Zillebeke , Ypres sector 'Our Batteries fired harassing fire. 9 am : Enemy shelling 18th Battery and intermittent during the day on Zouave and Sanctuary Woods . 9.30am : 20 gas shells fell on Clapham Junction. 7.30 pm -7.40pm : Enemy shelled front line. 1.45pm : 12 enemy planes over Hooge and again at 4pm when they bombed the 'Menin Road ' between Hooge and Birr Cross Roads.' |
Name: Nationality: Rank:
Regiment: Age: Born : Date of Death: Additional information: Marital status : Schooling : Occupation : Physical description : Height : Weight : Skin color : Hair : Eyes : Other marks : Religion : Cemetery : |
Chappel Joseph Hector Percy
Australia born Driver 1st Brigade , Australian Field Artillery 23 Wannup , Rochester Victoria 20 october 1917 Son of Edwin and Annie Chappel, of Bamawm, Victoria, Australia Single Farmer 5'8" = 1.72 m 148 lbs = 67 , 1 kg Dark complexion Brown Brown Mole on left side back Methodist The Huts Cemetery Plot XIII , Row C , Stone 3 |
Military footsteps
24 july 1915 10 august - 11 november 1915 12 - 17 november 1915 12 december 1915 12 february 1916 9 march 1916 18 march 1916 20 march 1916 21 march 1916 25 march 1916 1 april 1916 15 may 1916 11 december 1916 9 july 1917 25 july 1917 20 october 1917 |
Enlisted at Melbourne Posted to the 20th Castlemaine Depot Battalion Gunner in the Field Artillery Reinforcements, 6th Field Artillery Brigade Disembarked at Suez and joined the M.E.F. Attached to N°3 Field Ambulance for dental duties Transferred to HQ 6th Field Artillery Brigade Transferred to the 21st Howitzer Brigade as Gunner and posted to the 101st Battery Transferred to N° 2 Australian Stationary Hospital Mustered as Driver Detached N° 2 Australian Stationary Hospital to 101st Howitzer Battery Embarked at Alexandria , Egypt per HT 'Maryland' Disembarked at Marseille , France Appointed Driver to the 1st Field Artillery Brigade Transferred from 101st Battery to 1st Battery Proceeded on leave Rejoined unit Killed in action |