Alfred Banks

Service Number
2521
Unit
40th Battalion
Date of Enlistment
03/10/1916
Date of Return
09/12/1918
Date of Discharge
23/03/1918
Date of Death
11/09/1929
Service Story

Alfred Banks was ranked Private in the 40th infantry battalion. The battalion was assigned to the 10th Brigade along with the 37th, 38th and 39th Battalions which formed part of the 3rd Division which was sailed over to Europe. His date of embankment was written on the 25th of October 1916. He set sail from Melbourne on the HMAT Ulysses A38. Alfred Banks was part of a Battalion of up 1000 men. The Battalion mostly served its time in the trenches of the western front which was located in Belgium, northeastern France. The battalion was disbanded in 1919, however was re-raised in 1921 as part of the Citizens Force, serving as a part-time unit in Tasmania throughout the inter-war years for protection of Tasmania.

Unveiled by Colonel Dennis Townsend, Honorary Colonel 12th/40th Battalion and Matthew Venetsanakos

Grave and
Plaque Images
Unveiling
Details
Number
13
Date
12/08/2015
Cemetery
Cornelian Bay Hobart
Burial Reference
Cof E VV 327