Alexander Lawson ELDER

ELDER, Alexander Lawson

    Service Number: 4511
    Enlisted: 13 November 1916
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Cross Gates, Scotland, date not yet discovered
    Home Town: Helensburgh, Wollongong, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Miner
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 28 April 1918, age not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux
    Grave III. P. 8. INSCRIPTION IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR BROTHER , Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    13 Nov 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4511, 30th Infantry Battalion
    25 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 4511, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
    25 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 4511, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
    9 Jul 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)

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    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    The true family name was Elder-he was ALEXANDER LAWSON ELDER.

    He served under the alias of Alexander CROYDON.

    45th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

    He was 29 and the son of William and Betsy Elder. He is one of some 20 Australian casualties of the Great War who are commemorated on the Kirkcaldy War Memorial.

    Born Pitlessie, Fife, Scotland.

     

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