Singleton, Albert Victor

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Singleton, Albert Victor Service Number 6839

Killed in Action 11th April 1917 Bullecourt, France

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NAME Singleton, Albert Victor

SERVICE NO 6839

UNIT 13th Battalion

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 21 yrs 10 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Wiseman’s Ferry, Hawkesbury River

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Farm Hand

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 27 May 1916

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Royal Aust Show Ground, Sydney

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Father;- Hedley Arthur Singleton, Sackville Reach, Hawkesbury River/ The Mill, Lower Hawkesbury

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’8”. Weight-136lbs. Chest-33-36”. Complexion-Fresh. Eyes-Grey. Hair-Brown. Pigmented Mole R/Knee Cap

RELIGION Methodist

EMBARKED 8 Nov 1916-Sydney per “Port Nicholson”

DISEMBARKED 10 Jan 1917-Devonport

NOTES Reported missing 11 Apr 1917/

WOUNDED/ILLNESS

DIED 11 Apr 1917-Bullecourt, France

BURIED

MEDALS British War Medal-52112, Victory Medal-51431. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-333181.

DEPENDANTS Step-Mother;- Emma Gertrude Singleton

PERSONAL EFFECTS Identity disc, 2 razors/

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE Father/

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8084786


















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