Pomeroy, Alan Charles
SURNAME
Pomeroy
NAME
Alan Charles
PLACE OF BIRTH
Wilton, Wilshire, England
OCCUPATION
Pattern Maker
PLACE ENLISTMENT
Port Douglas, QLD
DATE ENLISTMENT
20/04/1916
NEXT OF KIN
(father) Charles Wensley Pomeroy, Snow Hill, Tisbury, Wilshire, England
LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE
Address Mossman, Enlisted in Port Douglas
REGIMENT 1
Machine Gun
REGIMENT 2
4th Machine Gun Battalion
RANK
Private
CAMPAIGN 1
Western Front
KILLED IN ACTION
Yes, 25/09/1917
OTHER INFORMATION
Machine Gun Company 3, 4th Machine Gun Battalion; Medals: British War Medal No.53837, Victory Medal No.53036, Memorial Plaque No.332663, Memorial Scroll No.33266325/9/1917
STORY OUTLINE
Alan Charles Pomeroy was born in England in 1895 and it is unknown when he arrived in Australia.
He enlisted at Port Douglas in April 1916 and embarked from Melbourne on HMAT "Honorata" in November arriving at Plymouth, England in January 1917.
He was attached to 4th Machine Gun Battalion and proceeded to France the following April.
It seems he was never hospitalised during the period of his service until he was killed in action at Ypres in Belgium on 25 September 1917.
Private Pomeroy is now buried in the Hooge Crater Cemetery at Zillebeke, Belguim and his death is commemorated in Plot 5, Row E, Grave No.9.
SERVICE NO
514
