INGERSON, Alexander
| Service Number: | 8387 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 September 1915, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Adelaide, SA, 26 October 1889 |
| Home Town: | Keswick, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Flinders Street State School Adelaide |
| Occupation: | Tailor and Cutter |
| Died: | Illness (Pneumonia), France, 14 December 1916, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen O III N 4 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goodwood St George Anglican Church Memorial Tower |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 8387, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Adelaide, SA | |
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| 24 Nov 1915: | Involvement Driver, 8387, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Botanist embarkation_ship_number: A59 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Nov 1915: | Embarked Driver, 8387, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Botanist, Melbourne |
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Son of Phillip F and Charlotte B INGERSON of Farnham road, Keswick, SA
Mr. S. Ingerson received word from his parents last night of the death on December 14, of his brother, Driver Alex. Ingerson, the cause of death being pneumonia. Word was received last week by Driver Ingerson's relatives of his being dangorusly ill, but it was hoped by them that his strong constitution might help to pull him through.
Driver Ingerson enlisted in Broken Hill, and left for Egypt on November 1915. He was attached to the 18th Battery of Artillery, and was among the first Australians to enter in France, landing at Marseilles in March 1916, According to his recent letters he was then on the Ypres front, in Belgium.
BELOVED SON OF P.F. & C.B. INGERSON OF KESWICK HE DID HIS DUTY
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