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Alfred Ernest GOLDFINCH

Regimental number22133
Date of birth6 June 1894
Place of birthCurramulka, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
SchoolGlenelg Public School, South Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationButcher
AddressGlenelg, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, J H Goldfinch, 90 Bay Road, Helmsdale, Glenelg, South Australia
Previous military service78th Infantry
Enlistment date18 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameHowitzer Brigade 23, Battery 108
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/133/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 20 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of disease 4 March 1919
Date of death4 March 1919
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialMaubeuge Cemetery (Sois-le-Bois) (Row B, Grave No. I), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
15
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Ellen GOLDFINCH, 73 Alison Street, St. Leonards, Glenelg, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 22132 Gunner John Clement GOLDFINCH, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 2 February 1920
Other detailsWar service: France, Belgium. Contracted illness; invalided to 5th Casualty Clearing Station, where he died.

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