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SAMUELS, Alexander Britton
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 468, 468A |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Trangie, New South Wales, Australia, 18 August 1888 |
| Home Town: | Trangie, Narromine, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Dubbo Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Woolclasser |
| Died: | Killed in action, Bullecourt, France, 11 April 1917, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France Plot V, Row H, Grave No. 13. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dubbo Memorial Drive & Rose Garden |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 468, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 468, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 468A, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 468A awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-11 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His older brother, 745 Trooper Herbert Edward Samuels, 2nd Australian Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron, had been killed in action 9 August 1916, aged 35. Another brother, Frederick Charles Samuels served with the Artillery in France and returned to Australia in 1919.
They were the sons of Henry Robert Samuels and Jane Evans Samuels of Trangie, New South Wales.
Alexander 'Alec' Britton's was reported as missing in action 11 April 1917. His remains were found during 1921 and buried in the Queant Road Cemetery near Bullecourt.