Alexander BARRIE

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Service Number:	1117
Enlisted:	28 May 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lanarkshire, Scotland, 1893
Home Town:	Denmark, Denmark, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died Of Wounds - Abdomen And Hip, Tighe Military Hospital, Malta, 10 October 1915
Cemetery:	Pieta Military Cemetery Plot A, Row X1V, Grave 1 Chaplain W. Cowan officiated
Memorials:	Albany & Districts Roll of Honor, Albany & Districts Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brookhampton Thomsons Brook Shire Memorial, Denmark War Memorial, Donnybrook Preston Road Board

28 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1117, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1117, 28th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1117, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
22 Sep 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1117, 28th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wounds to the hip and abdomen and invalided to Malta on 2 October 1915

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Son of John and Margaret Barrie of 8 York Terrace, Shettleson, Glasgow, Scotland

Next of kin was given as his brother John Barrie of Denmark, WA. Also brother of Robert Barrie of Young, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal