Participant Info

Surname

French

First Name

Albert

Initial

L

Service Number

1872

Rank

gunner

Unit Served

5th Australian Division Heavy and Medium Trench Mortar Battery Field Artillery

Service Record

Egypt, France

Enlistment Date

1915

Enlistment Month

September 1

Embarkation Year

1916

Embarkation Month

January 3

Date of Death

1917

Month of Death

January 29

Death Category

KIA

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, NSW section S, notes page 121, image page 122

Also Known As

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

Ellen and Albert S. French

Parental Address

102 Belmont Road, Mosman

Parental City

Sydney

Parental State

NSW

Notes

born at Sydney, July 17, 1892, educated Mosman Superior Public School, enlisted October 1915, embarked January 3, 1916. War service: Egypt, France (made the supreme sacrifice at Flers, January 29, 1917.)(His enlistment date has been adjusted from his NAA