ARCHER  A.B.

Given Names:  Alfred Burnett

               

Service Number:  35026

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade, 27th reinforcements                                                              

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number:  603247

 

Age:  20 Yrs   

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  9 In                     

Weight:  125 Lbs

Chest:  29-34 In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  27/1/1917

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  William Henry Archer

14 Belmont Avenue, Kew, Victoria                                                                                    

Embarkation Date:  9/11/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Port Sydney A15

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Aeneas  

Embarked:  9/11/1918                               

Disembarked:  18/12/1918

Unit:  6th Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                     

Rank: 

Discharge Date:  20/2/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  69883

Victory Medal:  66384

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  21/1/1897

Place:  Kew Victoria                                

Father:  William Henry ARCHER               

Mother:  Mary Louise BURNETT

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1926     

Place:             

Spouse: Ellen MADDOCKS

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 1/9/1973                            

Place: Canterbury, Victoria                      

Burial:  Templestowe Cemetery, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Trinity Grammar

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

 

FURTHER INFORMATION

Kew Rotary