Alfred John Mitchell

Alfred John Mitchell

Personal Information
Date of Birth	not known "not known" contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation.
Place of Birth	Steeplelangford, Wiltshire, England
Death	11 Sep 1941, aged 65
Place of Death	Merredin, Western Australia
Age at Enlistment	34 years, 6 months
Description	5'7½" (1.71m) tall ; 146 lbs 66.224 kg ; dark complexion ; brown eyes ; dark hair
Occupation	Bushman
Religion	Church of England
Address	Jarrahdale, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Wife , Mrs Lucy Margaret Mitchell
Military Information
Reg Number	6398
Date of Enlistment	11 Mar 1915
Rank	Private
Unit/Formation	Army Service Corps 16th Company, Reinforcement 1 transferred to 8th Field Company Engineers
Date of Embarkation	25 Jun 1915 ‒ 23 Jul 1915
Ship Embarked On	HMAT A40 Ceramic
Date of Return	12 Mar 1918 ‒ 23 Apr 1918
Ship Returned On	SS Kenilworth Castle
Date of Return	1 May 1918 ‒ 13 May 1918
Ship Returned On	SS Field Marshall
Fate	Returned to Australia
Monument	Jarrahdale Honour Roll ANZAC Memorial Park (Byford)
Medals	1914-15 Star British War Medal Victory Medal

Pre War

Before emigrating to Australia Alfred had served with the 2nd Hampshire Volunteers for 3 years.

Electoral Roll entries - 1903 miner at Boorara ?

War Service

On entry to camp was assigned to the 16th Company and appointed Driver. Initially travelled to Egypt where he was sent to a general reinforcement group based at Tel-el-Kebir before joining the 16th Company, where on 18 Sep 1915 he was found guilty of Refusing to Obey an Order, for which he was awarded 72 hours in detention. On 2 Feb 1916 he was transferred to the 8th Field Company - Engineers as a Driver.

Alfred travelled to Marseilles, embarking aboard HMT Manitou on 17 Jun 1916 and disembarking in Marseilles on 25 Jun 1916. Granted furlough in England from 17 - 27 Jul 1917.

On 11 Sep 1917 he was admitted to the 8th Field Ambulance with sciatica, before transferring to the 7th Canadian Stationary Hospital in Étaples. Embarked for England on 6 Nov 1917 and admitted to the Military Hospital in Edmonton. Discharged from hospital to furlough and then to report to No.3 Command Depot, from where he made his way to Weymouth.

Sent home on the SS Kenilworth Castle he was transhipped to the SS Field Marshall in Durban for the rest of the journey. Alfred was discharged by 5th Military District on 30 May 1918 as medically unfit.

External Links

• AIF Project
• RSL Virtual War Memorial