Elexus LUXFORD

LUXFORD, Elexus

Service Number: 3349
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
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World War 1 Service

12 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3349, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Warwick Farm, NSW
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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Biography 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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