Alfred Pengelly (SN 4865) was born at Charters Towers in Queensland but attended the Mt Pleasant State School and was a miner in Ballarat at the time of his enlistment on July 9th 1915. Unmarried and 23 years old, he was posted to the 8th Infantry Battalion and embarked from Melbourne on board the Wiltshire in March 1916. He was transferred to the 60th Infantry Battalion for service in France and was killed in action three weeks later at Fromelles on July 19th 1916. With no known grave his name is on the Australian VC Corner War Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France.

His brothers Frederick and James also served in the AIF and are honoured with trees in the Avenue.