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Alfred ABBISS

Regimental number2553
Date of birth9 November 1882
Place of birthRedfern, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationHorse driver
Address95 Walker Street, Redfern, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinWife, Mrs Harriett Abbiss, 95 Walker Street, Redfern, New South Wales
Enlistment date20 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 9 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll53rd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 24 May 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date27 February 1920
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Tofua', 24 May 1918; discharged (medically unfit: disordered action of the heart), Sydney, 25 July 1918.

Re-enlisted as Service No 86105, Special Service, 4 August 1919; embarked, 12 August 1919; Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Konigin Luise', 18 December 1918; disembarked Sydney, 7 February 1920; discharged (medically unfit), 27 February 1920.

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

Also served in World War II: Service No N106075.
Date of death20 August 1968
Age at death85

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