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Alfred Ernest LUDWIG

Regimental number5135
Place of birthFootscray Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address30 Nicholson Street, Abbotsford, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation38
Next of kinSister, Mrs M Lewis, Munster Avenue, Caulfield, Victoria
Enlistment date24 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll26 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll60th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 5 October 1916
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialRue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 40), Fleurbaix, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
170
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Elizabeth LUDWIG. native of Footscray, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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