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AIRD, Alexander Robert
Personal Details
Service Number: | 7116 |
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Enlisted: | 10 October 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Nathalia, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
Schooling: | State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Tramway Conductor |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 26 August 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot V111, Row A, Grave 37 Headstone inscription reads: No one knows the silent heartache only those who have lost can tell, Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Daours, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board HR |
Service History
World War 1 Service
10 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7116, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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23 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 7116, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
23 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 7116, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7116, 5th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Shell shock | |
25 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7116, 5th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the abdomen |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Donald and Cherry Phoebe Aird of 102 Rose Street, Fitzroy, Vic
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal