IMBER, Alexander Swan
| Service Number: | 17303 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 November 1915, Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Bulimba, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Divers assistant |
| Died: | Cephalitis & brain abscess, France, 14 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Mont Huon Military Cemetery, le Treport, France Plot V, Row O, Grave 8B |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 17303, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Brisbane | |
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| 22 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 17303, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 22 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 17303, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 14 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 17303, 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Alexander Swan IMBER was born in Sydney in 1896
His parents were George Edward IMBER & Catherine COX who married in Sydney in 1892
He enlisted in Brisbane on 29th November, 1915 & embarked from Sydney on 22nd May, 1916 on the HMAT Warilda with the 3rd Field Artillery, 17th Reinforcements
Alexander was taken ill and sent to hospital where he died from Cephalitis and a brain abscess on 14th August, 1918
He is buried in the Mont Huon Military Cemetery and his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
His last rank was Gunner with the 11th Field Artilllery Brigade
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His brother George William IMBER (SN 6052) was Killed in Action on 9th April, 1918
His uncle Charles IMBER (SN 1623) Died of wounds on 23th August, 1916
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