PAGE, Alexander Russell Robert
| Service Number: | 1082 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 July 1915, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bow, London, England, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Maylands, Bayswater, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Barnet Village School, Herts, England |
| Occupation: | Dairyman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery Plot IV. Row D. Grave 3. Inscription: GONE, BUT STILL LIVES IN THE MEMORY OF THOSE THAT LOVED HIM RIP |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1082, Depot Battalion , Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1082, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1082, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1082, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Transylvania" | |
| 23 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1082, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1082, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1082, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by VWM Australia
Private Page's remains were positively identified in 2023 and have been re-interred at the Pheasant Wood Cemetery on 20 July 2023. He was previously listed at VC Corner Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France.
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Alexander Page was born and raised in England. He was the son of James William and Grace Page. His father had died in England when he was about 10 years of age. Alexander arrived in Fremantle during 1911, and after the war his mother was living in Central Avenue, Maylands, Western Australia.
His brother, 4104 Private James William Page also served with the 32nd Battalion AIF and was killed in action 19 November 1917, aged 32.
Their mother inserted the following notice in a West Australian nespaper,
‘PAGE.—In loving memory of my only two sons, Alex. Page, killed in action at Fleurbaix July 20, 1916, also James Page, killed at Messines Ridge November 20, 1917, both 32nd Battalion.
In fancy I seem to hear them laughing or bursting into cheerful song;
But oh, when the lamps are lighted and they do not come along.’
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