Alfred Thomas Duke (SN 6391) born in Ballarat was a 20 year old butcher when he enlisted in Melbourne on August 17th 1916. Assigned to the 8th Battalion his unit embarked aboard the Euripides on September 11th. On January 30th 1917 he was wounded in action, although his service record carries no detail. On September 20th he was wounded in action for a second time, sustaining a gunshot wound to the back and was evacuated to hospital in England. Once recovered he rejoined his unit in France only to be wounded for a third time on August 9th 1918. On this occasion he sustained a gunshot wound to the left shoulder, and was again evacuated to England where he saw out the remaining weeks of the war. While still in England awaiting his return to Australia, he married Margaret Buchanan in London. He returned to Australia on the Katoomba, disembarking in Melbourne on September 22nd 1919 and was discharged on November 6th.

His brother Frank was killed in action in August 1918 and is also honoured with a tree in the Avenue.