Alfred FLOATE

Regimental number6263
Place of birthAshington, Sussex, England
SchoolNational
Age on arrival in Australia24
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressWickepin, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Leliott, Ashington, England
Enlistment date4 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 13 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 19 August 1917
Place of death or woundingTrois Arbes
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row Z, Grave No. 27), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
79
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Eliza Caroline LELLIOTT (formerly FLOATE), of "Wilburton", Ashacre Lane, Salvington, Worthing, England, and the late Harry FLOATE. Native of Ashington, Northumberland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal