Alec Luffman AXTENS

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Service Number:	96
Enlisted:	11 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	9th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Bristol, England, 19 September 1894
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Merchant Venturers Technical College, Bristol, England
Occupation:	Wool Merchant
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 30 May 1915, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Row B, Grave 12
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

11 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia
12 Jan 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 96, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: ''
12 Jan 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 96, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Armadale, Melbourne
12 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT A26 Armadale from Melbourne
30 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 96, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 96 awm_unit: 9 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-05-30

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Arrived in Australia aged 2 years

9 Light Horse Regiment

Rank - Trooper

Killed by bullet wound to the head while on Walker's Ridge, ANZAC Cove

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of William and Sarah Annie Axtens, of Hotwells Rd., Clifton, Bristol, England.