GASON, Alfred
(Service number 6810)
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Birth
| Date | 17 March 1878 | Place of Birth | Timaru, New Zealand |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 20 February 1917 | Age | 40 yrs 11 mths |
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| Address at Enlistment | C/o Mr GREEN, Post Office Hotel, Mulwala(?) | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mr McDONALD (friend), Criterion Hotel, Mamawonga(?), Victoria, Australia | ||
Military Service
| Served with | Australian Imperial Forces | Served in | Army |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 23 July 1947 | Age | 69 yrs |
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| Place of Death | Lockhart, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Cause | Accident - fractured skull | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Lockhart General Cemetery, Lockhart, New South Wales, Australia | ||
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Biographical Notes
Son of Joseph Henry and Emily (nee HIGGINS) GASON. Alfred had been rejected previously for service because of a bad leg. Alfred died in the hospital at Lockhart after being knocked off his bicycle by a motor vehicle and suffering a fracture of the skull in the main street. The coroner that his death was accidental. Alf had been hampered by a tin boiler carried on the handle bars of the cycle and had unexpectedly swerved towards a car going in the same direction.
Sources
School Admission Registers (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [23 July 2014]; Cemetery (Find a Grave) [23 July 2014]; Cootamundra Daily Herald, NSW, 25 July 1947, Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser, NSW, 5 August 1947 (Trove, NLA) [23 July 2014]
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