DEAN, Alexander Valentine
| Service Number: | 1114 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, Kensington, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lockhart, New South Wales, Australia, 14 February 1894 |
| Home Town: | Wellington, Wellington, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Porter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Sp Mem C 28 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1114, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Kensington, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1114, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1114, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Alexander Valentine DEAN (Service Number 1114) was born on 14 February 1894 at Lockhart and began work with the NSW Railways in September 1910 at Junee as a probationer in the Traffic Branch where he soon became a junior porter with routine pay increase on his birthdays. His father was the station-master at Lockhart.
He was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 1 September 1914, only a few weeks after the war began and became an adult porter on his 21st birthday, although by this time he was a soldier in Europe, having embarked from Sydney on HMAT ‘Euripides’ on 20 October.
Submitted 13 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Killed - shot in jugular vein - bled to death. Think buried in dead end of Turkish trench, Lone Pine.
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Alexander Valentine DEAN, (Service Number 1114) was born on 14th February 1894 at Lockhart and began work with the NSW Railways in September 1910 at Junee as a probationer in the Traffic Branch where he soon became a junior porter with routine pay increases on his birthdays. His father was the station-master at Lockhart.
He was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 1st September 1914, only a few weeks after the war began. He became an adult porter on his 21st birthday, although by this time he was a soldier in Europe. He left from Sydney on HMAT ‘Euripides’ on 20th October.
He was killed in action between 8th and 12th August 1915 during the Battle of Lone Pine. He is believed to be buried in the Lone Pine Cemetery, although the actual grave is unknown.
- based on the notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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