DERHAM A.P.

Given Names:  Alfred Plumley

Service Number: 

Unit:  5th Battalion, G Company                                                                                       

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant                                                                                                     

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Age:  23 Yrs   

Occupation:  Medical Student                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  10 In                   

Weight:  161 Lbs

Chest:  38 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  20/8/1914

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Thomas Plumley Derham

36 Sackville Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                     

Embarkation Date:  21/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Orvieto A3

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Wiltshire

Embarked:  25/11/1916                             

Disembarked:  31/12/1916

Unit:  Australian Army Medical Corps                                                                                             

Rank:  Captain

Discharge Date:  14/1/1917                       

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  1880

British War Medal:  4605

Victory Medal:  4611

Other:    Military Cross, MiD, CBE

BIRTH

Date or Year:  12/9/1891

Place:  Camberwell, Victoria                    

Father:  Thomas Plumley DERHAM          

Mother:  Ellen Hyde HODGSON

MARRIAGE

Year:  1917     

Place:  Caulfield                                      

Spouse: Frances Alexandra Mabel Latitia ANDERSON

DEATH

Date or Year: 26/6/1962                          

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 25/4/1915; gun shot wound, thigh & shoulder (remained on duty). Awarded MC for his actions on this day, and subsequently during operations in the neighbourhood of Gaba Tepe, for acting with bravery and ability, and continuing to do duty until 30 April, although shot through the thigh

Was sent back to Australia to finish his degree; graduated in March 1918

Mention in Despatches, August 1915

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

University of Melbourne

Camberwell Grammar

Kew RSL

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  VX13486                                     

Date Enlisted:  10/4/1940                                        

Date Discharged:  26/3/1946

COMMENTS

CBE, August 1946

FURTHER INFORMATION

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