Regimental number | 2052 |
Place of birth | Lithgow, New South Wales |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Wire worker |
Address | Turner Avenue, Haberfield, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Height | 5' 7" |
Weight | 135 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, W G Albon, Turner Avenue, Haberfield, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Sydney, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 2nd Battalion, 5th Reinforcement |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 25 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
Place of burial | Lone Pine Cemetery (Row O, Grave No. 25), Gallipoli, Turkey |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 31 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William George and Georgina ALBON. Native of Haberfield, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Brother: 15807 Pte Herbert Samuel ALBON MM, 5th Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 11 December 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Joined 2nd Bn at Gallipoli, 17 June 1915. Admitted to hospital, Mudros 4 July 1915 (influenza); rejoined Bn, Gallipoli, 12 July 1915. Reported wounded and missing, 8 August 1915. Court of Enquiry, held on board HMT 223, 24 March 1916, concluded: 'Killed in Action, 8 August 1915'. Statement, Red Cross File No 0040502B, 1910 Pte F. BIRD, 2nd Bn (patient, Luna Park Hospital, Heliopolis, Cairo), 10 December 1915: 'Informant was a particular friend of Albion's (sic). After the Lone Pine charge he missed him and made enquiries. As a result of his first enquiries he learned that he had been wounded, but later he met a man called Knowles who stated definitely that he had been killed. Cpl. C. Knowles, of D. Co 2nd Batt. told informant that he had seen Albion's body after death. The body was between the lines and was buried where it lay.' Second statement, 1952 Pte C.F. GREEN, A Company, 2nd Bn, 2 March 1916: 'Witness states that he saw Albion (sic) lying in the neutral trench at Lone Pine on 7/8/15. He was then badly wounded, but not dead. Witness thinks it was a wound caused by a bomb. Witness and Albion came over in the same reinfs. Witness is a clear, intelligent, young man. He does not know what became of Albion thereafter.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, ALBON George William
Red Cross File No 0040502B |