Private Alfred George Rooney

Service number 481
Ranks Held Private, Trooper, Trumpeter
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Ballarat
Final Rank Private
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
  • Australian Mounted Divisional Train
Place Ballarat
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1916-12-01
Published in London Gazette in 1916-11-16
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-04-19
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-04-19

Rolls

  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Private
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Trooper
    London Gazette
    16 November 1916 on page 11145 at position 84
    Commonwealth Gazette
    19 April 1917 on page 925 at position 33
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Trumpeter
    London Gazette
    01 December 1916 on page 11807 at position 49
    Commonwealth Gazette
    19 April 1917 on page 926 at position 57
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Trumpeter
  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    Australian Mounted Divisional Train
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Private

Timeline

Date of enlistment 15 October 1914
Date of embarkation 11 February 1915
Date returned to Australia 02 January 1919