MONTGOMERY, Alex Marion Payne
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 18 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 8 June 1890 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Adelaide Junior School, Perth High School |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Illness, Cape Town, South Africa, 17 April 1948, aged 57 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Guildford St. Matthew's Anglican Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Captain, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Captain, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Aug 1916: | Involvement Captain, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Aug 1916: | Embarked Captain, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 18 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, Enlisted at sea | |
| 21 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Apr 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 28th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Alex was born as Alexander Marion Payne MONTGOMERY on 8th June, 1890 in Launceston, Tasmania
His parents were Alexander Barr MONTGOMERY and Lisa Alberta ALLOM
He had previously served with the Junior & Senior Cadets,& the Commonwealth Military Forces and was still serving as a Lieutenant with the 86th Infantry when he enlisted - as 2nd Lieutenant he was in command of the Machine Gun Section of the West Australian Infantry Regiment in Fremantle in 1911
He first enlisted on 18th March, 1915 as a Captain with the 28th Infantry Battalion and embarked with the 14th reinforcements on 29th June, 1915 from Fremantle, WA on the HMAT Ascanius
Alex became ill with Enteric Fever and was returned to Western Australia for 4 months 'change" - once recovered he worked as an Officer at the 5th Military District Training Camp at Bunbury, WA
He re-embarked at Fremantle on the HMAT Militiades for England on 7th August, 1916 and re-enlisted at sea on 18th September, 1916
He was wounded in action with a gun shot wound to his abdomen on 21st September, 1917 & taken to the 3rd Casualty Clearing Station for transfer to England. He was admitted to the 2nd London General Hospital on 7th October, 1917 and listed to return to Australia as a invalid with a rapid, irritable heart and abdominal & kidney damage
He returned to Fremantle on 18th March, 1918 and was discharged on 9th April, 1918
In 1921 he was Secretary of the Childrens Hospital in Western Australia
In 1925 he married Marjory (Madge) Constance Christina WOOD in Perth, Western Australia and they moved to Cape Town in South Africa
Alex died on 17th April, 1948 in Cape Town, South Africa - burial place unknown
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