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LUXFORD, Elexus
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3349 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 August 1915, Warwick Farm, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendemeer, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Uralla, Uralla, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Uralla, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 14 December 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Picardie Plot VIII, Row L, Grave 7, Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Peronne, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Uralla Public School Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3349, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Warwick Farm, NSW | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3349, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3349, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 13 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion | |
| 14 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 3349, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3349 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-12-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Elexus LUXFORD was born in Bendemeer, New South Wales in 1896
His parents were William LUXFORD & Sarah Ann TURNER who married on 6th February, 1889 in St John the Evangelist Church in Uralla, NSW
He enlisted in Warwick Farm in Sydney on 12th August, 1915 and embarked from Sydney on the HMAT Euripides on 2nd November, 1915 with the 3rd Infantry Battalion, 11th Reinforcement - he transferred to the 55th Infantry Battalion on 13th February, 1916
Elexus was Killed in Action in France on 14th December, 1916 and is buried in the Guards Cemetery in Lesboeufs
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