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Bacchus Marsh
Avenue of Honour

Private Alfred (Fairy) Edmund Fairbank

1888
Born at Collingwood, VIC
10/7/1915
Enlisted in the AIF, 8th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion, aged 27
26/8/1915
Embarked aboard the HMAT A68 Anchises
Joined the 7th Battalion at Mudros, Is. of Lemnos
19/11/1915
Admitted to hospital, Mudros - mumps
6/12/1915
Admitted to hospital, Mudros - mumps
7/1/1916
Disembark at Alexandria, Egypt
24/2/1916
Transferred to the 59th Battalion
18/6/1916
Embarked from Alexandria
29/6/1916
Disembark at Marseilles, France
19/7/1916
Wounded in action during the Battle of Fromelles - gunshot wound to the thigh
12/8/1916
Rejoined unit
9/12/1916 - 10/7/1917
Detached for duty with the 15th Machine Gun Company
29/7/1917 - 13/8/1917
On furlough in UK
30/10/1917 - 4/11/1917
To Army Signal School
16/9/1918 - 4/10/1918
On furlough in UK
7/12/1918 - 11/1/1919
To hospital, France - swollen glands of the neck
31/1/1919
Return to England
3/4/1919
Embark for Australia aboard the Trasos Montes
22/5/1919
Returned to Australia
12/10/1919
Discharged from the AIF
30/5/1949
Died at Heidelberg, VIC, aged 61

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