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Alfred Harold ISON

Date of birth9 August 1886
ReligionMethodist
OccupationSchool teacher
AddressThe Loggerheads, Dubbo, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Height5' 9.5"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinFather, A Ison, The Loggerheads, Dubbo, New South Wales
Enlistment date12 March 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name17th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 5 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 10 September 1917
Discharge date12 February 1918
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 2362 Sapper Daniel Victor ISON, 1st Light Railway Operating Company, returned to Australia, 2 August 1919; 1565 Corporal John Bathurst ISON, 3rd Bn, killed in action, 10 November 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Ulysses', 10 September 1917; disembarked, 16 November 1917; appointment terminated (discharged: medically unfit: valvular disease of the heart), 12 February 1918.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death6 December 1948
Age at death62
Place of burialDubbo (Old) Cemetery, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, ISON Alfred Harold

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