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MACRAE, Alexander
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1429 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 September 1914, Pontville, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Dornie, Scotland, May 1887 |
| Home Town: | Queenstown, West Coast, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Renmark, South Australia, 26 February 1947 |
| Cemetery: |
Renmark Cemetery, S.A. |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1429, Pontville, Tasmania | |
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| 5 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1429, 1st Australian Clearing Hospital, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1429, 1st Australian Clearing Hospital, HMAT Kyarra, Melbourne | |
| 10 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1429, 1st Australian Clearing Hospital, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 16 Feb 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Australian Clearing Hospital | |
| 11 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Field Ambulance | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, Menin Road, "...invincible determination and courage..." | |
| 27 Sep 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Polygon Wood | |
| 18 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1429, 1st Field Ambulance, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front" | |
| 11 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1429, 1st Field Ambulance, "The Last Hundred Days", 2nd occasion - Shell wound (left arm) | |
| 4 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1429, 1st Field Ambulance |
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