Marks, Alfred Percy

Transcript of Marks, Alfred Percy

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

Marks, Alfred Percy Service Number 2823

Died of illness 23rd November 1917 Kantara, Egypt

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Benalyn Campbell

And Vivienne Tranter

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NAME Marks, Alfred Percy

SERVICE NO 2823

UNIT 1st Light Horse Regiment

RANK Driver

AGE at Enlistment 28 yrs 11 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Gosford, NSW

ADDRESS Cecil Park, via Liverpool, NSW

OCCUPATION Labourer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 31 Dec 1916

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Liverpool, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE Military Police-Liverpool Camp-services no longer req.

NEXT OF KIN Mother;- Mrs Maria Marks, Cecil Park, Liverpool

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’6”. Weight-151lbs. Chest-33-36½”. Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Hazel. Hair-Black.

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED 8 Jul 1916 Sydney per RMS “Mongolia”.

DISEMBARKED

NOTES

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 23 Sept 1917-Sick 17 Nov 1917- to Hosp. Pyrexia. (fever of unknown origin)

DIED 23 Nov 1917- Malignant. Malaria-Kantara, Egypt

BURIED 24 Nov 1917- Kantara Military Cemetery. Gve 176 by Chaplin Mack. Later stated as (Plot C. Gve. 108)

MEDALS British War Medal-43956, Victory Medal-43476. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-339012.

DEPENDANTS Mother

PERSONAL EFFECTS 1 Gold Ring, 1 Identity disc (the sum of 550 Piastres [₤5.12.10] was extracted from effects & sent to Staff pay office). 1 balaclava cap, 1 towel, 3 pr socks, correspondence, 1 pocket book, 1 hair brush, 6 h’chiefs, 1 comb, 2 pieces shell band, 3 cartridges (empty), 1 bullet, 1 testament, 1 coin/

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE Mother.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8030085

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