William Robert ALEXANDER

ALEXANDER, William Robert

Service Numbers: 2566, 2966
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
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World War 1 Service

18 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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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Biography

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