VX9914 - Pte - Edgar Alford enlisted in the A.I.F. at North Melbourne, Victoria into the 2/1 Field Workshops from which he was discharged on 21 February 1940.
He then put his age down one year and enlisted as VX61157 at Darwin, Northern Territory on 6 August 1941.
This time he enlisted in the A. A. O. C. - Australian Army Ordinance Corps - 22 Brigade Field Park
He was a member of F Force and slaved on the Thai Burma Railway.
After their time on the Railway most of the surviving survivors of F Force returned to Changi at Singapore, where he passed away aged 27 years.
Parents: Edgar & Ethel Alford
Wife: Marion Alford
He is Commemorated in Australia at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, A.C.T., and the Ex-P.O.W. Memorial Wall at Ballarat.
Service Number: VX61157
Commemorated in Australia on the Memorial Walls of Australian War Memorial, Canberra, and the Ex-P.O.W. Memorial Walls at Ballarat, Victoria.
"When you go home,
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
~
Memorial Site here
He then put his age down one year and enlisted as VX61157 at Darwin, Northern Territory on 6 August 1941.
This time he enlisted in the A. A. O. C. - Australian Army Ordinance Corps - 22 Brigade Field Park
He was a member of F Force and slaved on the Thai Burma Railway.
After their time on the Railway most of the surviving survivors of F Force returned to Changi at Singapore, where he passed away aged 27 years.
Parents: Edgar & Ethel Alford
Wife: Marion Alford
He is Commemorated in Australia at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, A.C.T., and the Ex-P.O.W. Memorial Wall at Ballarat.
Service Number: VX61157
Commemorated in Australia on the Memorial Walls of Australian War Memorial, Canberra, and the Ex-P.O.W. Memorial Walls at Ballarat, Victoria.
"When you go home,
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
~
Memorial Site here
VX9914 - Pte - Edgar Alford enlisted in the A.I.F. at North Melbourne, Victoria into the 2/1 Field Workshops from which he was discharged on 21 February 1940.
He then put his age down one year and enlisted as VX61157 at Darwin, Northern Territory on 6 August 1941.
This time he enlisted in the A. A. O. C. - Australian Army Ordinance Corps - 22 Brigade Field Park
He was a member of F Force and slaved on the Thai Burma Railway.
After their time on the Railway most of the surviving survivors of F Force returned to Changi at Singapore, where he passed away aged 27 years.
Parents: Edgar & Ethel Alford
Wife: Marion Alford
He is Commemorated in Australia at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, A.C.T., and the Ex-P.O.W. Memorial Wall at Ballarat.
Service Number: VX61157
Commemorated in Australia on the Memorial Walls of Australian War Memorial, Canberra, and the Ex-P.O.W. Memorial Walls at Ballarat, Victoria.
"When you go home,
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
~
Memorial Site here
He then put his age down one year and enlisted as VX61157 at Darwin, Northern Territory on 6 August 1941.
This time he enlisted in the A. A. O. C. - Australian Army Ordinance Corps - 22 Brigade Field Park
He was a member of F Force and slaved on the Thai Burma Railway.
After their time on the Railway most of the surviving survivors of F Force returned to Changi at Singapore, where he passed away aged 27 years.
Parents: Edgar & Ethel Alford
Wife: Marion Alford
He is Commemorated in Australia at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, A.C.T., and the Ex-P.O.W. Memorial Wall at Ballarat.
Service Number: VX61157
Commemorated in Australia on the Memorial Walls of Australian War Memorial, Canberra, and the Ex-P.O.W. Memorial Walls at Ballarat, Victoria.
"When you go home,
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
~
Memorial Site here
Inscription
His Duty Fearlessly and Nobly Done … Ever Remembered/
Gravesite Details
Private, Australian Army Ordnance Corps. Age: 28.
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