ALEXANDER, David Gibson
Service Numbers: | 1509, 1509A |
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Enlisted: | 23 December 1914 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | St Mullens, Borris, County Carlow, Ireland, 1891 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Barman/Farmer |
Died: | Wounds, At Sea aboard HS [Hospital Ship] 'Rewa', , Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 15 August 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" LONE PINE MEMORIAL Panel 36. Buried at Sea., Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
23 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1509, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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15 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1509A, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Next of kin
Mother, Mrs A.S. Alexander, Ballytighe, Borris, Co Carlow, Irealnd.
Enlistment date 23 December 1914
13th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/30/2
Age at embarkation 24.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on 11 February 1915
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli
Wounded in action, Gallipoli Peninsula, 14 August 1915 (Battle of Suvla Bay); admitted to 16th Casualty Clearing Station, 15 August 1915 (shrapnel wound, right side).
Sources-NAA: B2455, ALEXANDER David
He is remembered on the Carlow Great War Memorial in Leighlinbridge Memorial Garden.