CORMACK, Alexander Gair
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 3 March 1916, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wick, Scotland, 4 August 1879 |
| Home Town: | North Ryde, Ryde, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | West Banks Public School, Wick, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Builder |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 23 August 1918, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France INSCRIPTION - THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY OUR HERO DADDY Grave V. J. 14. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hornsby War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Sydney | |
| 23 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1918-08-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
3rd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 39 and the son of David and Elizabeth Cormack; husband of Winifred May Cormack, of Cressy Rd., North Ryde, New South Wales. He is one of four Australian casualties of the Great War remembered on the Wick War Memorial.
Address:
Corner of Cliff Road & Station Road (A99),Wick, Caithness, Highland KW1 5EF,Scotland
The memorial is on a roundabout joining the main A99 with Station Road. It is a figure of victory on a stone pillar in an elevated walled enclosure reached by steps. Bronze name plaques are mounted on the semi-circular walls.
Wick (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Ùige, Scots: Week]) is a town and royal burgh in Caithness, in the far north of Scotland. The town straddles the River Wick and extends along both sides of Wick Bay.
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