ALEXANDER, George
| Service Numbers: | 524, 524A |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire, Scotland., 4 June 1880 |
| Home Town: | Stanthorpe, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Chemist. |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 30 August 1918, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Stanthorpe Fallen Soldiers HR, Stanthorpe Soldiers Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 524, 3rd Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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| 23 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 524, 3rd Machine Gun Company, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 30 Aug 1918: | Involvement Private, 524A, 2nd Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 524A awm_unit: 2 Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-30 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Born- Mintlaw 04/06/1880- Mintlaw is a large village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
1891 Census age 10.
1901 Census age 20
Enlisted at Stanthorpe.
He was 38 and the son of Mrs Mary Alexander, 14 Kirk St; Peterhead. (later of Alloa) also 88 Queen St; Peterhead & 39 Kirk Street.
His brother, Private Harry Alexander also fell. He was serving with the 5th Bn., Gordon Highlanders-Service Number 2733.He died 26-Mar-1916 Commemorated on the ARRAS MEMORIAL-Bay 8 and 9.
Their father’s forename was Charles.
The brothers are commemorated on the Peterhead War Memorial. George is one of six Australian Great War casualties remembered there.
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