Francis Joseph ALBERT

Regimental number2332
Date of birth12 August 1896
Place of birthBrisbane, Queensland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationTramway conductor
AddressArthur Terrace, Red Hill,Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Height5' 5"
Weight120 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Frances Marion Albert, Arthur Terrace, Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed in the 15th Bn, Citizen Military Forces ('Oxley Regiment')
Enlistment date31 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll31 August 1915
Place of enlistmentTroopship A69
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 5 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Machine Gun Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 3 July 1919
Discharge date26 September 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Tried by District Court Martial, Perham Downs, 7 April 1917. Found Guilty of Absent without Leave, 27 December 1916-27 March 1917. Sentenced to 120 days' detention.

Married Susan STOVELL, spinster, aged 21, Church of the Immaculate Conception, Moulsham, 27 June 1917.

Tried by District Court Martial, Perham Downs, 29 October 1917. Found Guilty of Absent without Leave, 30 September-7 October 1917. Awarded 2 days' detention.

Tried by District Court Martial, Sutton Veney, 10 December 1917. Found Guilty of Absent without Leave,6-24 November 1917; attempting to escape custody: sentenced to 120 days' detention.

Tried by District Court Martial, Longbridge Deverill, 15 April 1918. Found Guilty of Absent without Leave, 27 February-2 April 1918. Sentenced to 100 days' detention. Remainder of sentence remitted as from 3 July 1918.

Admitted to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, 16 September 1918 (physical exhaustion).

Tried by District Court Martial, 26 December 1918. Found Guilty of being Absent without Leave, 10 November-7 December 1918. Sentenced to 60 days' detention. Eight days of sentence remitted as from 15 February 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Zealandic', 3 July 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Brisbane, 26 September 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in World War II: Service No Q140719.
Date of death2 February 1962
Age at death65
Place of burialLutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland
SourcesNAA: B2455, ALBERT Francis Joseph