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MACLEOD, Alexander Norman

Service Number:	654
Enlisted:	24 February 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Company Sergeant Major
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gosforth, England, 1892
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Platelayer
Died:	Suicide (GSW head), Adelaide, South Australia, 6 November 1924
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section)
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World War 1 Service

24 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 654, Adelaide, South Australia
31 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 654, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 654, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
31 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 27th Infantry Battalion
4 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 654, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
5 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 654, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW (left shoulder)
4 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 27th Infantry Battalion
23 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 27th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", 2nd occasion (gassed)
11 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 654, 27th Infantry Battalion

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