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Alfred Charles EWEN

Regimental number10765
Place of birthVictor Harbor, South Australia
SchoolVictor Harbor Public School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
Address45 Brougham Place, North Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19.1
Height5' 6.75"
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Ewen, Yunta North, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed for 15 months in the Senior Cadets.
Enlistment date3 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll3 September 1915
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 6, Reinforcement 2
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 5 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Trench Mortar Brigade
FateKilled in Action 2 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 8), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
19
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Lizzie EWEN, Port Augusta, South Australia. Native of Adelaide, South Australia
Family/military connectionsCousin: 2972 Pte Frederick Alfred PEARCE, 1st Bn, Australian Machine Gun Corps, died of wounds, 18 April 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, EWEN Alfred Charles

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