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Personal data

• Name ALFORD
• Initials FJH
• First name FREDERICK JOHN HILL
• Place of birth Woodstock
• Country New South Wales, Australia
• Last residence Woodstock, New South Wales
• Family Son of Emily Sarah and William Robert Alford, of Noyean, Woodstock, New South Wales
• Profession Farmer

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 24 March 1916, RAS Ground, New South Wales
• Service number 2121
• Rank Serjeant
• Medals 1914/15 Star Medal, Victory Medal, British War Medal
• Regiment and unit 56th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Division - Brigade 14th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 5th Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked Sydney 4 September 1916; to France 14 December 1916; appointed Lance Corporal 14 April 1917; promoted temporal Sergeant vice, Sergeant Shepherd wounded

Death

• Wounded 17 October 1917, gunshot wounds scalp, fractured skull and back
• Type of wounds Died of wounds, n°3 Canadian CCS
• Date of death 25 October 1917
• Died at the age of 26
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXII - F - 6A

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