CAMERON, Alexander Donald
| Service Number: | 3700 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Balmoral, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Coleraine, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Pigeon Ponds State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 10 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Bazentin-le-Petit Military Cemetery Row D, Grave No. 29. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3700, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3700, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3700, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Alexander Cameron was born at Kongbool Station near Balmoral in Victoria. He worked on a farm near Coleraine when he enlisted. He was wounded near Flers during November 1916 and evacuated to England for recovery.
He had not long been back with his unit when on the 10 February 1917, the 5th Battalion conducted a raid on the German trenches near Bazentin. The 6th Battalion, who were beside them in the front line, were subsequently heavily bombarded in retaliation. Three men of the 6th Battalion died in the shellfire, one of whom was Cameron, and all three were buried in the Bazentin-Le-Petit Military Cemetery.
His younger brother, 3059 Pte. Gordon Kenneth Cameron 5th Battalion AIF, was killed in action only six weeks later, on 2 April 1917, aged 25.
They were the sons of William and Annie Cameron, of Coleraine, Victoria.