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MCKERNAN, Alexander
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 136, 136A |
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Enlisted: | 7 January 1915, Euroa, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | 3rd Field Ambulance |
Born: | Euroa, Victoria, February 1885 |
Home Town: | Euroa, Strathbogie, Victoria |
Schooling: | Euroa State School |
Occupation: | Farm labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 31 October 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Potijze Chateau Grounds Cemetery Potijze Chateau Grounds Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Euroa Fallen of Euroa District Honour Roll, Euroa School No 1706 Roll of Honour, Euroa Telegraph Park, Euroa War Memorial |
Biography contributed by John Edwards
"...136A Private Alexander McKernan, 1st Australian General Hospital, of Euroa, Vic. A farmer prior to enlistment, he embarked from Melbourne, Victoria aboard RMS Mooltan on18 May 1915. McKernan transferred to the 3rd Field Ambulance with the rank of Driver in January 1916. He was killed in action on 31 October 1917, aged 32." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)