ALEXANDER, Myles
| Service Number: | 6224 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand , 14 April 1871 |
| Home Town: | Geraldton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Tubercular Broncho Pneumonia, 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, London, England , 19 December 1916, aged 45 years |
| Cemetery: |
Southall (Havelock) Cemetery, Middlesex, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geraldton District Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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| 18 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6224, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6224, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Myles was who was a miner by trade was well known on the fiields his many friends presented him with a pipe at a social gathering they held in his honour. He left behind a wife seven children, all boys.
Biography contributed by Lia Crisa
Myles Alexander was born in 1874 in Dunedin, New Zealand and grew up in Cue, Western Australia. Myles was a miner before he enlisted into the war. He did not have a previous record of any military service and he was married. Myles Alexander was 5’8 and his religion was at the Church of England.
Myles Alexander enlisted on the 3rd of April 1916 at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia. He embarked at the age of 43 in Fremantle, Western Australia on the 18 of September 1916. The ship he was on was called the HMAT Clan McGillivray A46. Myles was not wounded or killed in action, but he became sick during the war from pneumonia. He sadly died on the 19th of December in 1916 in Middlesex, United Kingdom at age 42.
Myles Alexander did not return back home and there is no other information about his wife, except that they had seven boys. He is buried in Southall Cemetery (Row X2, Grave 2), Middlesex, England.
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Richard Myles Alexander was born on 14th April, 1871 at Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand to parents William Henry & Jane Alexander (nee Conlan).
Jane Alexander, mother of Myles Alexander, died in 1890.
According to information supplied by his wife for the Roll of Honour – Myles Alexander came to Australia when he was around 24 years of age.
Myles Alexander married Elizabeth A. Lewis on 9th September, 1899 in Broken Hill, New South Wales.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 3rd April, 1916 (Medically examined on 6th March, 1916) at Broken Hill, New South Wales as a 43 year old, married (with 7 children), Miner from Post Office, Cue, Western Australia.
Private Myles Alexander, Service number 6224, embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia on HMAT Clan McGillivray (A46) on 18th September, 1916 with the 11th Infantry Battalion, 20th Reinforcements & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 2nd November, 1916.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England.
He was marched in to 3rd Training Battalion on 9th November, 1916 from Australia.
On 22nd November, 1916 Private Alexander was admitted to 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, London, England with Influenza. He was reported to be dangerously & seriously ill on 11th December, 1916. (Another entry of the Statement of Service form recorded that he was admitted to 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital on 11th December, 1916 with Tubercular Broncho Pneumonia.)
Private Myles Alexander died on 19th December, 1916 at 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, London, England from Tubercular Broncho Pneumonia.
He was buried in Havelock Cemetery, Southall, Greater London, England where 4 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are laid to rest.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/southall.html
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