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Albert Frank Mettam
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| Date of Enlistment: | 02 July 1915. |
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| Date of Death: | 15 May 1918. |
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| Service History: | 7 Reinforcements 22 Battalion 9 July 1915.
Transferred to 7th battalion 24 March 1916. Appointed Lance Sergeant 24 November 1916. Wounded in action, shell shock, 28 July 1916. Promoted Corporal 5 October 1916. Promoted Lance Sergeant 2 December 1916. Trench Foot and Bronchitis 22 December 1916. 2nd Lieut. proceeded overseas to France 30 April 1918. Taken on strength 7th Battalion 6 May 1918. Killed in action 15 May 1918. |
| Next of Kin: | Mrs W Mettam - Mother ; 42 Johnson St, Boulder City, Western Australia. |
| Biographical notes: | Mettam, Lieutenant Albert
Frank, 7th Battalion, Australian Imperial Forces, killed in action somewhere in France. Dearly beloved youngest son of William and brother of Alfred Mettam of Darwin. Northern Territory Times and Gazette, Saturday 1 June 1918. Red cross wounded and missing file: I saw Lieutenant Mettam killed. We were in billet at Borre (in Hazebrouck Sector). The Germans were shelling our billets. A piece of shell came in the door and caught him in the stomach. He was not killed outright. He was put on a stretcher. While carrying him out another shell came and blew the stretcher out of the bearer's hands. I saw all this happen. When picked up he was dead. He was buried in the Cemetery at Borre, to the best of my knowledge. A Padre was present. Height 5'9", medium complexion, stout build, age about 26-7. |
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Service Record
Embarkation Roll Nominal Roll Red Cross Wounded and Missing Unit War diary Our dear old battalion : the story of the 7th Battalion, AIF, 1914-1919 / Ronald J. Austin Seventh Battalion, A.I.F. : resume of the activities of the Seventh Battalion in the Great War, 1914-1918 / by Arthur Dean [and "Death Notice", Northern Territory Times and Gazette Saturday 1 June 1918 p.22 |
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