Alexander Robert AIRD

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Service Number:	7116
Enlisted:	10 October 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Nathalia, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Tramway Conductor
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 26 August 1918
Cemetery:	Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot V111, Row A, Grave 37 Headstone inscription reads: No one knows the silent heartache only those who have lost can tell, Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Daours, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board HR

10 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7116, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 7116, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 7116, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7116, 5th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Shell shock
25 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7116, 5th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the abdomen

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Son of Donald and Cherry Phoebe Aird of 102 Rose Street, Fitzroy, Vic

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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