Alexander LOVE

LOVE, Alexander

Service Number: 856
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
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World War 1 Service

15 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 856, 29th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria
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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Biography 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