ALEXANDER, Harold Leslie
| Service Number: | 2551 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 April 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Renmark, South Australia, 1 July 1893 |
| Home Town: | Port Elliot, Alexandrina, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Flinders Street State School |
| Occupation: | Gardener/Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 4 August 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Elliot Institute Roll of Honor, Port Elliot War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 23 Jun 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 2551, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' |
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| 23 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2551, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide | |
| 4 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2551, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2551 awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-04 |
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Son of Henry Holdsworth Grierson ALEXANDER AND Eva Blanche Hammont nee GOOD
Brother to: 1876 Sgt. Eric Carnegie Alexander (/explore/people/317284)
Buried in the same trench as his brother Eric, which collapsed when hit by enemy shell fire at Pozières. Harold could not be dug out in time to save his life, but Eric was saved.
"THE LATE PRIVATE H. L. ALEXANDER
Private Harold Leslie Alexander, who was killed in action on August 4, was born at Renmark, and was the son of Mr. Henry Holdsworth Alexander, of Brisbane. He was 22 years of age, and had been in the service for 18 months. He had served on Gallipoli, and had neither been ill nor wounded up to the night of his death. His brother is still fighting in the same battalion. Private Alexander had a most genial disposition, and news of his death was keenly felt at Port Elliot and Cottonville, where most of his friends resided. His mother, Mrs. Benson, is on the way home from New South Wales." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 07 Oct 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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