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PRESTON, Alexander Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4299 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Newmarket, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 18 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kensington ANA Flemington Branch No69 Honour Roll, Tranancore St. George's Church of England Parkville Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4299, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4299, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne |
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