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Alfred Irvine MAYFIELD

Regimental number2000
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
SchoolPublic School, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressMrs A W Nison, 7 Clark Street, Norwood, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinFather, T Mayfield, 7 Clerk Street, Norwood, South Australia
Enlistment date7 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 20 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 23 July 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*date of fate 23rd to 25th
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death30.11
Place of burialSerre Road Cemetery No. 2 (Plot VI, Row H, Grave No. 9), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
59
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas Ward and Elizabeth Ann MAYFIELD
Family/military connectionsBrother: 179 CPL Stanley Howard MAYFIELD, AN&MEF, died of meningitis at North Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, 16 July 1916.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

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

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