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12-July-2016
12-July-2016
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The white marble tablet commemorates Alfred Douglas Norman Bull who died of wounds in 1917 during World War One. 

Driver Alfred Douglas Norman Bull, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. H. Bull, of Bingara. Educated at New England Grammar School, Glen Innes, and Scot's College. Rose Bay, Sydney. Enlisted in October, 1915. He joined the 14th Reinforcements 1st Light Horse and went to Egypt. While training in Egypt he volunteered for the artillery about April 1916 and joined the 39th Battery, 10th Brigade, and went to France, where he served until his death. He died of wounds in the 17th Casualty Clearing Station, France, on the 1st November, 1917, aged 21 years and 8 months. One of Australia's heroes.
Sydney Stock and Station Journal (NSW), 14 December 1917.

Location

Address:Frazer & Finch Streets, St John`s Anglican Church, Bingara, 2404
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -29.867778
Long: 150.566111
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Military

Dedication

Front Inscription

To The Glory Of God And
In Proud and Loving Memory of 
ALFRED DOUGLAS NORMAN BULL
Driver 39th Battery, 10th Brigade.
4th Division Australian Field Battery.
Died Of Wounds On 2nd Nov. 1917.
At No. 17 Casualty Clearing Station.
Aged 21 Years And 8 Nonths.
Buried At Lijssenthock Military Cemetery.  
Poperinghe, West Of Ypres, Belgium.
"He lives — whom we call dead."

 

Source: MA
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