Alexander CALDER

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CALDER, Alexander

Service Number:	2792
Enlisted:	22 September 1916, Warrnambool, Vic.
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	46th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballieward, Scotland, 1884
Home Town:	Dennington, Warrnambool, Victoria
Schooling:	Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 18 September 1918
Cemetery:	Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, France Grave III. J. 7. INSCRIPTION - THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dennington War Memorial

World War 1 Service

22 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2792, 46th Infantry Battalion, Warrnambool, Vic.
20 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2792, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2792, 46th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
29 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2792, 46th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, SW to right thigh sustained in the line near Polygon Wood. Evacuated to UK. Rejoined unit 8 May 1918.
4 Jul 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2792, 46th Infantry Battalion, Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory, Recommended for MM.
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens
3 Sep 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 46th Infantry Battalion, France
18 Sep 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 2792, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2792 awm_unit: 46th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-09-18

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 34 and the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Calder, of Ballieward, Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland- he hailed from Inverallan.

Grantown-on-Spey (Scottish Gaelic: Baile nan Granndach) is a town in the Highland Council Area, historically within the county of Moray. It was founded in 1765 as a planned settlement on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the river Spey at the northern edge of the Cairngorm mountains, about 20 miles south-east of Inverness.

He is one of 13 Australian casualties of the Great War commemorated on the Grantown on Spey War Memorial.

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