Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Private Alfred Aspinall, killed, Essendon Gazette 1 July 1915
Aspinall A Pte 759 Alfred 6th Inf Bn 19 Salesman Single C of E
Address: Richmond North, Thomas St, 10
Next of Kin: Aspinall, Alfred, father, 10 Thomas St, Richmond North
Enlisted: 17 Aug 1914
Embarked: A20 Hororata 19 Oct 1914
Prior service: 65th Inf Bn
Date of Death: 25/04/1915
CWGC: "Son of Alfred Aspinall, of 18, Cromwell St., Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, and the late Jane Aspinall. Native of Ballarat".
Private Alfred (Fred) Aspinall
by Sheila Byard
Private Alfred Aspinall died in action on Gallipoli on April 25th 1915. His father, also Alfred Aspinall was a railwayman, a widower, and the only other member of the immediate family seems to have been Fred’s sister, Frances.
The family had lived in Kensington but by the time of his enlistment he and his next of kin, his father, Alfred Aspinall were living at 10 Thomas St, West Richmond. He was 5’5’’ in height and weighed 9 stone, 6 pound, brown hair, fair complexion and grey eyes. His religious affiliation was shown as Church of England. His attestation form showed that he had served for two years and three months in the colonial forces in the 64th Battalion, the unit based at the Drill Hall, Victoria Street, Melbourne, near the Victoria Market. He had also served for a year as a Senior Cadet. He was appointed to G company of the 6th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade.
Pte A Aspinall in his cadet uniform, in the The Australasian, 10 July 1915, courtesy of Kim Phillips, Spirits of Gallipoli.
He embarked at Melbourne on the HMAT A 20 Hororata on October 19th 1914. After 5 months of service he spent 38 days in the Mena Hospital in Alexandria.
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The Argus 19 June 1915
KILLED IN ACTION. |
The Argus 22 June 1915
PRIVATE A. ASPINALL |
Essendon Gazette 1 July 1915
Private Alfred (Fred.) Aspinall, who is reported as killed at the Dardanelles, was 20½ years of age, and was the son of Mr. Alfred Aspinall, leading hand car builder in the Newport workshops and a very old resident of Bellair street, Kensington, until he moved to Richmond two years ago. Deceased was very popular in Kensington, where he was a pupil of Mr. Lynch's physical culture school. He was also a promising pupil of F. and A. Boyde's boxing school, and took part in a contest of the Amateur Athetic Association two years ago, when he won a couple of rounds. He was educated at All Saints’ Grammar School, St. Kilda, and was a boy chorister at Holy Trinity Church of England, Kensington, for some years. Before going to the front he was in the employ of Rosenthal Bros., Beehive Clothing Co., Elizabeth street. |
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour
Holy Trinity Church of England Kensington
ASPINALL-In affectionate remembrance of Alfred Aspinall,
only son of Alfred and the late Jane Aspinall, of Thomas street,
Richmond, late of Wolseley parade. Kensington, who was
killed in action at the Dardanelles, April 25, 1915. (Alf
Aspinall, sen.)
ASPINALL.-In loving memory of Fred Aspinall,
killed in action ot the Dardanelles, April 25, 1915
(Violet M. Jones.)
The Argus 25 April 1916
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ASPINALL-In loving memory of Fred Aspinall,
who was killed at the Dardanelles 25th April, 1915.
(Violet M Jones )
The Argus 25 April 1917
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1613078
No In Memoriam in the Argus in 1918, no further years checked.