DELANY  A.E.

Given Names:  Albert Edward

               

Service Number:  14577

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade 2, 16th reinforcements                                                           

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number:  72676

 

Age:  18 Yrs  11 Mths

Occupation:  Salesman                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  9 In                     

Weight:  125 Lbs

Chest:  31-35 In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Dark

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  30/12/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Edward Anderson Delany

Elaine', Park Hill Road, East Kew, Victoria                                                                          

Embarkation Date:  4/5/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Port Lincoln A17

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Friedrichsruh                                   

Embarked:  8/7/1919                                 

Disembarked:  1/9/1919

Unit:  11th Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                   

Rank:  Gunner

Discharge Date:  10/10/1919                     

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  43034

Victory Medal:  42359

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1897

Place:  St Kilda, Victoria                          

Father:  Edward Anderson DELANY         

Mother:  Elizabeth Ellen NISBETT

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1925     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Marion Constance HUNT

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 1975                                 

Place: Werribee, Victoria                         

Burial:  Werribee Cemetery, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary