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ALEXANDER, William Robert
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 2566, 2966 |
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Enlisted: | 18 September 1915, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | 5th Field Company Engineers |
Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Coburg, Moreland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Draftsman |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 19 August 1918, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Plot R 11, Row L, Grave 17, St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France, Fremantle Cemetery, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, Nannup Cemetery, Nannup, Western Australia, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, West Coburg Methodist Church Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
18 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | |
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24 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 2566, 5th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
24 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 2566, 5th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
19 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, 2966, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2966 awm_unit: 1st Army Troops Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Second Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-19 |
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Australian Engineers, 1 Engineer Company
Rank - Sapper
18 August 1918 - Shell wound to the forehead
Son of Joseph Samuel Alexander and Martha Catherena Alexander, of Station Road, Chelsea, Victoria, Australia