Private Alfred Kerfoot

Service number 4463
Birth Place United Kingdom: England, Greater Manchester, Newton Heath
Death Date 1916-11-10
Death Place France
Final Rank Private
Service Australian Imperial Force
Unit 20th Australian Infantry Battalion
Places
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Private Alfred Kerfoot (4463, 20th Battalion) was born in Newton Heath, Manchester, England and came to Australia at the age of 8 years. Before enlisting, Alfred was working as a news agent. He was killed in action in the trenches near Flers, France on 10 November 1916. Alfred in commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France. Alfred's brother Edward wrote that Alfred was aged 16 years at the time of his death.

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Timeline

Date of enlistment 15 November 1915
Date of embarkation 09 April 1916
Date of death 10 November 1916
Date of fate 10 November 1916