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Winwood, Alfred Charles (51494)

Place of Birth: Carlton, VIC

Age: 21 years

Enlistment Details: Tuesday, 5 February 1918 – Port Melbourne, VIC

Service Number: 51494            view online service record

Address:
167 Esplanade West
Port Melbourne, VIC

Next of Kin:
Mrs F E Winwood (mother)
167 Esplanade West
Port Melbourne, VIC

Embarkation Details:
Date: Wednesday, 1 May 1918
Ship: HMAT Euripides A14
Port: Sydney, NSW
Unit: 2nd (Vic) Reinforcements

Fate:
RTA: Thursday, 10 April 1919
Discharged: Thursday, 17 July 1919

 


Alfred Charles Winwood was the son of Port Melbourne Council Electrical Foreman, Francis Edward Winwood. Alfred also worked as an electrictal contractor for five years with Hyde & Co prior to his enlistment and in his own business, on his return from the war, and later in conjunction with his father.

2 Comments

  • Brian Membrey
    Posted October 20, 2016 2.33 pm 0Likes

    Listed on Attestation as an electrical contractor. His father, Francis Edwin WINWOOD was foreman of the Port Melbourne Municipal Electrical Supply, noted as resigning 1 November, 1919 (Port Melbourne Standard) Mother on Birth registration shown as Ilma

  • Brian Membrey
    Posted October 31, 2016 10.53 am 0Likes

    Electrical Enterprise. (1919, July 12). Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), p. 2. Retrieved October 31, 2016, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165261274

    “Returned from the war, where he saw service with the A.I.F., Mr. A. C. Winwood has recommenced his business as an electrical contractor, and purposes to make Port Melbourne a field for his operations. His expert capability for the installation of current covers every phase, of the utility side of electrical work, and ranges from the lighting of the smallest houses to the illuminating of the largest establishment, as well as the installation of power plants. Reference to his advertisement will give further particulars”.

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