PAYNE , Alexander Russell
| Service Number: | 1017 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 January 1915, Oaklands, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Campbelltown, South Australia , 10 May 1886 |
| Home Town: | Campbelltown, Campbelltown, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Keswick, South Australia, 9 May 1928, aged 41 years |
| Cemetery: |
AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia Section: LO, Road: 3N, Site No: 14 |
| Memorials: | Glen Osmond St Saviour's Anglican Church Memorial Stained Glass Windows & Plaques, Myrtle Bank War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1017, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Oaklands, South Australia | |
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| 26 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1017, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 26 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1017, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 1 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 1017, 10th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 1017 |
Gunner Alexander Russell Payne
From How We Served
1017 Gunner Alexander Russell Payne of Oaklands, South Australia had been employed as a labourer when he enlisted for War Service on the 6th of Janurary 1915. Allocated to reinforcements for the 9th Light Horse Regiment, 1st AIF, Alexander embarked for Egypt and further training on the 26th of May, and by the 5th of August he was sent to Gallipoli.
Alexander was to remain on the Pennisular until he developed jaundice and was evacuated back to Mudros Island on the 20th of Novemeber before being returned to Egypt on the 10th of Janurary. Alexander would be admitted into hospital suffering sickness but would be deemed fit enough to rejoin his Regiment. On the 16th of May 1916 Alexander was transferred over to the 15th Field Artillery Brigade, and with this Unit he would be shipped to France with, arriving on the 15th of June. Alexander would be transferred again after his arrival, being taken on strength with the 4th Division Artillery Collumn on the 13th of August 1916, and from this Unit he was finnally transferred over to the 10th Field Artillery Brigade on the 29th of June 1917.
Alexander's service in the field was continuous untill he was blown up and gassed on the 26th of May 1918 and following a brief respite whilst being hospitalised Alexander rejoined his Unit on the 19th of July, and remained on duty aside a spell of furlough to England until the end of the War. Alexander was returned to England to await his departure back to Australia when his health broke down and he was admitted into hospital diagnosed as suffering debility and after being returned to Australia he was discharged from the 1st AIF as an invalid on the 21st of July 1919.
His health never fully recovered and Alexander would spend further periods of hospital treatment at the 7th Australian General Hospital (Keswick), On the 9th of May 1928, at the age of 41, Alexander succumbed to illness which had been caused by his service with the 1st AIF and was formally laid to rest within West Terrace Cemetery, South Australia.
Submitted 2 August 2019 by Evan Evans
ALEXANDER RUSSELL PAYNE
Alexander Russell Payne Reg. No. 1017 was born in Campbelltown South Australia on 10th May 1886. He was 28 years old when he enlisted in the 9th Light Horse Brigade. His employment was stated as labourer, and his next of kin was listed as his mother, Mrs. Jenny Harris Payne of Glen Osmond Road Frewville. He sailed from Adelaide on 26th May 1915, aboard HMAT Afric. In November 1915 he was admitted to hospital in Mudros, after having Jaundice, his record states. When his brigade was repatriated to Alexandria from Gallipoli, he was again hospitalized with chest pain. From Egypt he sailed to France and whilst at the front was again admitted to hospital on 6th October 1916 having been blown up, his record states. In May 1918 he was taken to the 11th Field Ambulance suffering from mustard gas poisoning, whilst he was serving with the 10th Field Artillery at that time. Mr. H Payne of King William Road Hyde Park, South Australia, his brother, requested information with regard to his gassing, from the Red Cross in Adelaide. Alexander Russell Payne returned to Adelaide via the Cluny Castle in March of 1919. On board he was again admitted to the ships hospital. He was discharged as medically unfit for service, not due to misconduct in August 1919. He died at Keswick on the 10th May 1928, at the age of 42 years. He was buried in the AIF section of the West Terrace Cemetery. Section LO, Road 3N, Site No4.
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Submitted 14 May 2016 by Campbelltown Library Volunteers (Digital Diggers)
Biography
"...1017 Private Alexander Russell Payne, born Campbelltown, South Australia, 10 May 1886. Enlisted 9th Light Horse, 6th Reinforcements, 6 January 1915, served Gallipoli and France, transferred to 5th Division Artillery, 15th field artillery Brigade, wounded in action (gas) 26 May 1918. Buried A.I.F. Cemetery, West Terrace, Adelaide." - SOURCE (collections.slsa.sa.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Saint Ignatius' College
Payne was born on the 10th of May 1886, and he grew up in Campbelltown South Australia and worked as a laborer. He was part of the Church of England and when he enlisted at the age of 28 on the 6th January 1916, he stood at 5’4”, 147lbs.
He joined the 9th Light Horse regiment and trained in Melbourne until the 11th of February, when he left for Egypt as a part of 3rd Light Horse Brigade, sailing aboard HMAT A19 Afric and arriving in Egypt on the 26th of May. On the seventh of August, Alexander Payne played his part in the disastrous attack on the Nek, as one of the first August offensives. He was one of the lucky ones. His sister Regiments (8th and 10th) were both decimated alongside his own Commanding officer and Lieutenant Colonel Albet Miel. The 9th Regiment was then committed to the last phase of the August offensives, attacking a Turkish outpost called Hill 60 on the 27th of August, and losing about half of the regiment to casualties, including its new Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Carew Reynell. Exhausted and licking their wounds, the 9th played a defensive role until it finally left for Cairo on the 20th of December 1915. Payne, however, didn’t make it that far. On the 20th of November, Alexander was evacuated to Mudros Island having suffered a severe case of Jaundice, a disease caused by an unhealthy liver.
He was returned to Egypt on the 10th of January and was admitted into the hospital. Eventually he was deemed fit enough to fight and on the 16th of May 1916, he was transferred to the 15 Field Artillery Brigade. He was shipped off to France and arrived on the Western front on the 15th of June. After his arrival he was transferred to the 4th Division Artillery Column on the 13th of August 1916, where he would remain until he was finally transferred to the 10th Field Artillery Brigade on the 29th of June 1917. Payne served on the Western Front for a little less than a year until he was hospitalised on the 26th of May 1918, suffering injuries from mustard gas and being blown up by a mortar. He would soon rejoin his unit on the 19th of July and bravely fight in the trenches until the end of the war.
Unfortunately, after the war while he was waiting in England for his ship home, his health took a turn for the worse and Alexander was admitted into the hospital having suffered debility caused by his time serving for the AIF. He departed from England abord the HT “Cluny Castle” on the 23rd of March 1919. He arrived in Adelaide on the 21st of May, and on the 1st of August 1919, Alexander ended his time with AIF and was discharged as medically unfit. After returning to Australia, he married Gertrude Talbot Fisk and lived in Frewville, Glen Osmond Road, South Australia. His health would never fully recover and would often visit the 7th Australian General Hospital in Keswick for treatment. On the 9th of May 1928, Alexander Russel Payne died and was formally buried within the West Terrace Cemetery, South Australia, having finally lost the battle with his illness.
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