Alanson Cornelius Avery

Rank:

Sergeant

Regimental number:

322853

Unit at enlistment:

12th Brigade C.F.A., 54th Battery

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Commemorated at:

Colborne Street Methodist Church

Birth country:

Australia

Birth county:

Bourke

Birth city:

Melbourne, Victoria

Address at enlistment:

8 Victoria Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

8 Victoria Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Student

Religious denominations:

Methodist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Accident/Illness

BX August 30, 1918

Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Avery received a message today that their son, Acting Sergeant Alanson Cornelius Avery had been accidentally wounded in the lip. This young soldier went over with the 54th Battery, leaving school to enlist. He is now in the 49th Casualty Clearing Station.