TRAISE, Alexander Charles
| Service Number: | 2253 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 27 November 1896 |
| Home Town: | South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Department assistant |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 4 September 1916, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), West End Kurilpa War Memorial Clock Tower |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2253, 25th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2253, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2253, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Armadale, Brisbane | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2253, 49th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2253 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Alexander Traise was the son of Charles Edward and Agnes Ellen Traise of Brisbane, Queensland. They lost both their sons as his 20-year-old brother, 354 Pte. Jack Herbert Traise 15th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Gallipoli on 29 May 1915. Their father, Charles Edward Traise was one of the best-known waterfront identities in Australia. He was one of the few remaining survivors of the wrecked steamer Quetta, which sank in the Torres Strait in 1890 with the loss of 133 lives. Having spent most of his life at sea he was in charge of water policing in Brisbane.
Alex Traise was only 18 years of age when he enlisted and was with the 49th Battalion when it took part in an assault on the formidable Mouquet Farm position during September 1916. The Battalion lost around 160 killed or missing during the battle.
According to his Red Cross wounded and missing file, Alex Traise was last seen badly wounded in the neck or chest, lying on a stretcher in the trenches close to Mouquet Farm on or about the 4 September 1916.