John ALEXANDER

ALEXANDER, John

Service Number: 3686
Enlisted: 3 August 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion
Born: Dookie, Vic., 1893
Home Town: Dookie, Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farrier
Died: Killed in Action, France, 25 July 1916
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dookie Enlistments Great European War Roll of Honor, Dookie War Memorial, Mooroopna Shepparton News Calendar & Pictorial Honour Roll of Fallen Heroes, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

3 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3686, 5th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
23 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 3686, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 3686, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Charles William and Margaret ALEXANDER 

Private John Alexander, son of Mr and Mrs C Alexander, of Dookie, previously reported missing, has now been reported killed in action on July 25th, 1916.  Deceased was 23 1/2 years of age, and enlisted soon after the war broke out.