SEAMONS, Alexander Robert
| Service Number: | 4310 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tatura, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Tatura, Greater Shepparton, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Victoria, Australia, 1941, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 15 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4310, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 29 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4310, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4310, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4310, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4310, 7th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the buttock. Embarked to England on the 28 April 1917 | |
| 6 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4310, 7th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
True name Alexander Robert Seamons
Son of George Seamons and Isabella Seamons nee Wilson of Tatura, Victoria.
Brother of George Wilson Seamons who returned to Australia on 31 January 1918 having served with the 7th Battalion, Charles John Seamons who died of wounds on 7 August 1916 and is buried in the Pozieres British Cemetery; Plot 111, Row R, Brave 34, Mayse Seamons, Margaret Isabella Seamons, Alfred Edward Seamons, Sarah Seamons, Alfred Edward Seamons (later named next of kin) and William Alexander Seamons
Commenced return to Australia on 28 March 1919 aboard HT City of Poona disembarking on the 14 May 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1924c Alex married Sarah Cameron Kennedy in Victoria