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Alfred Victor FARRANDS

Regimental number2407
Place of birthSt. Kilda, Victoria
SchoolAll Saints Grammar School, East Kilda, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSalesman
AddressLansdowne Street, East St Kilda, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinFather, Mr Frank Farrands, Lansdowne Street, East St Kilda, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date3 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name57th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/74/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1918
Place of death or woundingHarbonnieres, France
Age at death31
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 18), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
163
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frank and Annie FERRANDS, "Otonga", Howitt Road, Caulfield, Victoria
Family/military connectionsNil
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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