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LOVE, Alexander
Personal Details
Service Number: | 856 |
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Enlisted: | 15 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Cobrico, Victoria, Australia, 1885 |
Home Town: | Timboon, Corangamite, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 2 March 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Bancourt British Cemetery Plot 7 Row E Grave 2, Bancourt British Cemetery, Picardie, France, Warlencourt British Cemetery, Warlencourt-Eaucourt, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Timboon District Memorial WWI Honour Roll, Timboon Honor Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
15 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 856, 29th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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10 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 856, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
10 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 856, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
2 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 856, 29th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 856 awm_unit: 29th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-03-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of John and Ellen Love; husband of Mary A. Love, of Thornton St., Camperdown, Victoria, Australia. Native of Cobrico.
AND SO HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED REST