DAY  A.C.

Given Names:  Alfred Charles

               

Service Number:  24574

Unit:  Divisional Ammunition Column 3, Section 3                                                             

Rank:  Driver   

Paybook Number:  101845

 

Age:  21 Yrs  8 Mths

Occupation:  Labourer                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Methodist

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6½ In                  

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  31-33½ In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  8/2/1916

Place:  Brunswick

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Joseph Charles Day

Kimbolton', 42 Walpole Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                     

Embarkation Date:  27/6/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Barambah A37

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Orsova  

Embarked:  22/11/1919                             

Disembarked:  2/1/1920

Unit:  39th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  25/2/1920                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  47637

Victory Medal:  46796

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  26/5/1894

Place:  East Brighton, Victoria                  

Father:  Joseph Charles DAY                  

Mother:  Annie LEWIS

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1919     

Place:  Hortington, England                      

Spouse: Ethel Mary DAY

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 27/7/1956                          

Place: Hawthorn, Victoria                        

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Non-military employment 7/7/1919-7/9/1919 (wool classing)

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Trinity Grammar

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

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