Alfred Pendleton (1891-1951) AIF Service Number 313
Troopship ‘Thermistocles’ 1917 (SLVic Image H21105)
START HERE at the AIF PROJECT and save a lot of time & effort looking for WW1 servicemen. This database uses the records from the Australian War Memorial and the National Archives of Australia and although they don’t identify the source it’s not too hard to find most of it. Another bonus is that ADFA understand war records better than most of us civilians. Here is some of the personal information it told me about Alfred Pendleton and his family. Perhaps you know of them and can add to their story. Unfortunately, I was unable to find a photo of Alfred online and I do not know of any photos of his two sisters and brother who came to Australia either.
The AIF Project tells us that Alfred Pendleton served in the AIF at Gallipoli, Egypt and the Western Front. He left Australia on the ‘Themistocles’ on 12 May, 1915 and returned on the ‘Konigen Luise’ in February 1920.
Alfred was a bookbinder when he enlisted in February, 1915 and worked at Shorrocks & Davies, Manchester in 1919. He was born in Manchester, England about 1890-1891 and died on 13 January, 1951 in Sydney.
Alfred’s sisters were Mrs Wood of Bondi and Florence Pendleton of Cowra. Alfred married Ethel Davies aged 29, at St John’s Anglican Church, Lancaster on 11 February 1918 (& are known to have had at least 3 children in Australia). I wish I had a picture of Alfred Pendleton and his family. Can anyone help?
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