Australian Dictionary of Biography

31 August, 1894
Maidstone, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

11 February, 1982 (aged 87)
Midland, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

general debility

• soldier (1915-1916) Federal, Australia
• farmer (1922-1932) Western Australia, Australia
• soldier-settler (1922-1922) Western Australia, Australia
• trade union official (1932-1959) Western Australia, Australia
• tram driver (1932-1959) Western Australia, Australia
• autobiographer/memoirist (1981-1981) Western Australia, Australia

• World War I (soldier)
• Dardanelles campaign, 1915-16 (soldier)
• 11th Battalion (soldier, 1915-1916)

• National Book Council Prize (recipient, 1981)
• NSW Premier's Literary Award (non-fiction) (recipient, 1981)

• Albert Facey House (Perth) (eponym)
• Albert Facey Memorial Library (Mundaring, WA) (eponym)
• Albert Facey St (Maidstone, Melbourne) (eponym)
• Facey Rd (Gnangara, WA) (eponym)

• Western Australian Government Tramways, Motor Omnibus and River Ferries Employees' Union of Workers (member)
• Western Australian Government Tramways, Motor Omnibus and River Ferries Employees' Union of Workers (president, 1945-1949)