LOCKWOOD  A.

Given Names:  Alfred

               

Service Number:  4482

Unit:  22nd Battalion, 11th reinforcements                                                                        

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  18 Yrs  2 Mths

Occupation:  Labourer / Textile Worker                                                                           

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  4½ In                  

Weight:  114 Lbs

Chest:  31-33½ In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Medium

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  24/1/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Annie Lockwood

27 Park Street, Glenferrie, Victoria                                                                                   

Embarkation Date:  29/3/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  RMS Orontes

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Killed in action

Ship:               

Embarked:      

Disembarked: 

Unit:  22nd Battalion                                                                                                                     

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:                                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  34590

Victory Medal:  34343

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1898

Place:  South Yarra/Carlton, Victoria        

Father:  Alfred LOCKWOOD                    

Mother:  Annie Lavinia DOWELL

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 19/5/1918                          

Place: Ville Sur Ancre, France                  

Burial:  Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly-le-Sec, France

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Suffered trench feet October 1917

Wounded in action 5/8/1916; gun shot wound, head

Died as a result of wound (stomach) from machine gun bullet; never regained consciousness; lasted about 5 minutes

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Hawthorn Town Hall

St Columbs Church

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 346104

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

Parents shifted to 10 Foley Street, Kew in 1918

 

Kew Rotary