Alexander Norman MACALISTER

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MACALISTER, Alexander Norman

Service Number:	1941
Enlisted:	2 November 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	AIF Canteens
Born:	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 15 March 1858
Home Town:	Roma, Maranoa, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station overseer
Died:	Natural causes after fall on back of head, Grosvenor Hotel, Brisbane, Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 14 September 1919, aged 61 years
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

2 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1941, Brisbane, Queensland
10 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1941, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1941, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, RMS Orontes, Sydney
14 Sep 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1941, AIF Canteens

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Alexander Norman MacALISTER was born in 1858 in Gouburn, NSW

His parents were Colin MacALISTER and Agnes McKAY who married in NSW in 1841

He died after falling and hitting the back of his head at the Grosvenor Hotel, but the death was found to be due to natural causes - he had only returned from the war a few days and had not been discharged from duty as yet

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