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MACRAE, Alexander
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1429 |
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Enlisted: | 20 September 1914, Pontville, Tasmania |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 1st Field Ambulance |
Born: | Dornie, Scotland, May 1887 |
Home Town: | Queenstown, West Coast, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Grocer |
Died: | Natural causes, Renmark, South Australia, 26 February 1947 |
Cemetery: |
Renmark Cemetery, S.A. |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
20 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1429, Pontville, Tasmania | |
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5 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1429, 1st Australian Clearing Hospital, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
5 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1429, 1st Australian Clearing Hospital, HMAT Kyarra, Melbourne | |
10 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1429, 1st Australian Clearing Hospital, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
16 Feb 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Australian Clearing Hospital | |
11 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Field Ambulance | |
20 Sep 1917: | Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, Menin Road, "...invincible determination and courage..." | |
27 Sep 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Polygon Wood | |
18 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1429, 1st Field Ambulance, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front" | |
11 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1429, 1st Field Ambulance, "The Last Hundred Days", 2nd occasion - Shell wound (left arm) | |
4 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1429, 1st Field Ambulance |
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