Alexander BURROWS

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Service Number:	2554
Enlisted:	11 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Strathmerton, Victoria, Australia, 2 May 1880
Home Town:	Numurkah, Moira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 19 November 1915, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli.Turkey Special Memorial, Row A, Grave 18 Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

11 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2554, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
9 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2554, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
9 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2554, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney

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Son of Richard Burrows and Henrietta Burrows nee MacKay of Numurkah, Victoria. Brother of Richard G. Burrows and Florence Burrows

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Other brothers and sisters:

Charlotte Burrows, Jessie Burrows, Edith Burrows, William Burrows, Lindsay Burrows & Albert Edward Burrows (Boer War veteran)

Mothers name: Henrietta Burrows nee McKay.

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