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Alfred Ernest CROFT

Regimental number1426
Date of birth--/11/1887
Place of birthForest Range, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressMagill, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinWife, Mrs Isabelle Katherine Croft, Magill, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the 4th Troop, Australian Light Horse, Magill, South Australia.
Enlistment date26 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/16/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Light Horse Regiment
FateReturned to Australia 2 September 1916
Discharge date14 January 1917
Other details

War service: taken on strength, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Heliopolis, Egypt, 12 January 1916. Found guilty of disobeying Standing Orders: awarded 7 days' confined to barracks, 9 February 1916. Rejoined 9th Light Horse, 22 February 1916.

Moved out to Serapeum, 17 May 1916. Wounded in action, El Ferdan (gun shot wound, right knee, severe), 10 August 1916; admitted to 1st Australian Stationary Hospital, Ismailia, 14 August 1916; to 3rd Australian General Hospital, 21 August 1916.

Commenced return to Australia on board 'Ascanius', 1 September 1916; disembarked in Adelaide, 29 September 1916; discharged, 14 January 1917.

Granted a pension of 3 pounds per fortnight, and thirty shillings for wife, from 15 January 1917; pensions subsequently cancelled when claimant no longer incapacitated for earning a living.

Total war service: 1 year 142 days (of which 318 days were abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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