Alexander INGRAM

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INGRAM, Alexander

Service Numbers:	122, 2054, 7492
Enlisted:	5 January 1915, Enlisted at Roma, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Calicut, India, 1872
Home Town:	South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 7 May 1941, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: 10-81-43
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 122
4 Apr 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 122, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901.
23 Jun 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 122, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902.

World War 1 Service

5 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2054, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Roma, Queensland.
16 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 2054, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
21 Jul 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2054, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged medically unfit.
13 Mar 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7492, 9th Infantry Battalion, Re-enlisted at Maryborough, Queensland.
14 Jun 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7492, 9th Infantry Battalion, Embarked at Sydney aboard HMAT Hororata A20.
8 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7492, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged medically unfit.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Alexander Ingram was born in 1872 in Calicut (English name for Kozhikode), India. He served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1 (2 occasions).

First service was as a Private S.N. 122 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Private S.N. 2054 in the 9th Infantry Bttalion AIF, WW1, from which he was discharged medically unfit in 1916. He then re-enlisted in 1917 as a Private S.N. 7492 in the 9th Infantry Battalion AIF, WW1. On both his WW1 enlistment Attestation Papers he noted his previous service with the QIB in the South African War.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 512; National Archives Australia- WW1 service records).

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