Private Albert Attwood, 5330, 8th Battalion AIF won the Military Medal for his work at Broodseinde Ridge on 4th October 1917.
He enlisted in the A.I.F. on 1st February 1916 aged 26; he had been born in Kent, England. His next of kin is named as his mother, Anne Attwood from Ivy House, Orchard Street, Rainham, Kent, England.
His address at enlistment was Ardmona, Mooroopna, Victoria.
He was allocated to the 8th Battalion, 17th Reinforcements and embarked for Europe, from Melbourne on 4th April 1916 aboard HMAT A14 ‘Euripides’.
He was recommended for the Military Medal on 13th October 1917, the recommendation reads:
'During the attack on BROODSEINDE RIDGE east of YPRES on 4th October, 1917, this man showed great pluck and devotion to duty after being badly shaken by shell fire. It was mainly due to his guidance and grit that ammunition and stokes ammunition requisitions for the front line reached their destination. In spite of heavy fire this man stuck to his work continually passing over the shelled area where most casualties were inflicted. By his careful guidance fewer casualties were inflicted and the front line supply maintained.'
He was wounded in action in August 1918 and invalided back to Australia on 14th January 1919. However, before he left England on the 30th December 1918 at St. Johns Church, Tunbidge Wells, Kent, he married Miss Ethel Reynolds of 15, Thomas Street, Tunbridge Wells a 21 year old, spinster. On the wedding certificate his father is named as Horace Attwood, a Greengrocer.
Source : National Archives of Australia
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