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Alfred Ernest MAIN

Regimental number3394
Place of birthBeni near Dubbo, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressBodangra, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation38
Next of kinBrother, F A Main, Bodangra, New South Wales
Enlistment date26 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 5 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll53rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death38
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 8), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
157
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Elizabeth Mary MAIN. Native of Dubbo, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 5134 Pte Charles Hay MAIN, 13th Bn, killed in action, 14 August 1916; 5383 Pte David Alexander MAIN, 16th Bn, died of disease, 4 July 1916; 27743 Gunner Robert John MAIN, 3rd Field Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 12 May 1919; 1627 Pte Walter Sydney MAIN, 32nd Bn, returned to Australia, 17 October 1916.
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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