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RANKIN, Alexander John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1289 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 September 1914, Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 1 |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital (AIF) |
| Born: | Inverleigh, Victoria, Australia, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tool smith |
| Died: | Attributed to war service, 7 May 1938, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 1289, 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital (AIF), Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 14 Dec 1914: | Involvement 1289, 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Dec 1914: | Embarked 1289, 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital (AIF), HMAT Kyarra, Fremantle | |
| 22 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 1289, 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital (AIF), ANZAC / Gallipoli, Lemnos | |
| 4 Jul 1916: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', 4th Supplement, No 29644 (11 July 1916). | |
| 6 May 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 1, 1289, 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital (AIF), RTA 22 January 1917 and discharged (TPE). |
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