Alley, George Kenneth
PLACE BIRTH
Mossman
OCCUPATION
Labourer
PLACE ENLISTMENT
Cairns
DATE ENLISTMENT
4/11/1916
NEXT OF KIN
George Gorham Alley, father, Gordonvale
LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE
Born in Mossman
REGIMENT 1
52nd Battalion
RANK
Private
CAMPAIGN 1
Western Front
DATE DISCHARGED
1/04/1919
OTHER INFO
Awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
STORY OUTLINE
George Kenneth Alley was born at Mossman and enlisted in Cairns in November 1916, occupation labourer. He was assigned to the 52nd Battalion and fought on the Western Front. He returned to Australia in December 1918 and was discharged in April 1919. It is likely the George's father, George Gorham Alley, became a cane farmer in Gordonvale, the Alley family is well-known there.
SERVICE NO
3010
