Alexander JAMIESON

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Service Number:	1577
Enlisted:	5 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Starhead, Botriphine, Banffshire, Scotland, 1888
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Botriphine, Banffshire, Scotland
Occupation:	Carpenter & Joiner
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial, Row C, Grave 119 Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

5 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1577, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1577, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1577, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney

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Arrived in Australia aged 21 years

Son of George Jamieson of Drammuir, Banff, Scotland

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served in the Territorials until he left for Australia

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