MARKS, Alexander Hammett
Service Number: | Officer |
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Enlisted: | 20 March 1911, Appointed as Honorary Captain. Attached as Medical Officer to 2nd AIF Brigade |
Last Rank: | Colonel |
Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
Born: | Brisbane Queensland Australia , 6 August 1880 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland, Australia and Trinity College Dublin. Ireland |
Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
Died: | Auchenflower, Queensland Australia , 18 January 1954, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Brisbane Albert Street Uniting Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
20 Mar 1911: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Appointed as Honorary Captain. Attached as Medical Officer to 2nd AIF Brigade | |
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24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, Army Medical Corps (AIF) | |
25 Sep 1914: | Involvement 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Rangatira embarkation_ship_number: A22 public_note: '' | |
25 Sep 1914: | Embarked 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Rangatira, Brisbane | |
6 Sep 1915: | Promoted Major | |
27 Dec 1915: | Embarked Gallipoli, on HMAT A20 Hororate.Disembark Alexandria. | |
20 Feb 1916: | Promoted Major, Appointed Deputy Assistant Director Of Medical Services of the 4th Australian Division | |
29 May 1916: | Embarked Alexandria on HT Tunisian. Disembark 5/6/ 1916 Marseilles. | |
1 Aug 1916: | Transferred 2nd Field Ambulance, To be in Command of 2nd Australian Field Ambulance | |
1 Dec 1916: | Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, 27/9/1916. Appointed Assistant Director of Medical Services. 1st Division. | |
20 Jan 1917: | Honoured Distinguished Service Cross | |
23 Oct 1917: | Transferred 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Commander of 1st Australian CCS France. | |
11 Nov 1918: | Promoted Colonel, 18/11/1918 Awarded French Croix de Guerre | |
19 Jun 1919: | Embarked England. HT Orsova on duty as Ships Medical Officer | |
18 Jul 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Colonel, Army Medical Corps (AIF) | |
11 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Appointment in AIF Terminated in Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Sinclair
Son of Charles Ferdinand Marks and Elizabeth Marks(born Stodart)
Relatives who served.
Father. Charles Ferdinand Marks
Lieutenant QX6032 139001 AIF WW1 2/11 Field Ambulance. Commandant 6th Australian Army General Hospital.
Daughter. Isabella Annette Marks
Major QF6103 WW2 Australian Army Nursing Service
Matron of 102 Australian General Hospital.
Step Brother. Joseph Espie Dods
Lieutenant Colonel. AIF WW1 Australian Army Medical Corps.
Brother. Edward (Ted) Oswald Marks
Captain. No. 1166 AIF WW1 Australian Army Medical Corps.
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