SINCLAIR, Alexander
| Service Number: | 1301 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Reay, Sutherland, Scotland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Scarborough, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 14 November 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Warlencourt British Cemetery Grave IV. D. 37, Warlencourt British Cemetery, Warlencourt-Eaucourt, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1301, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1301, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 14 Nov 1916: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 1301, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1301 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-11-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
19th (New South Wales) Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force.
He was 33 and the son of Robert and Margaret Miller Sinclair, of Brackside, Reay, Thurso, Caithness, Scotland.
Reay is a village which has grown around Sandside Bay on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland. It is within the historic Parish of Reay and the historic county of Caithness. The village is on the A836 road some 12 miles west of the town of Thurso and 3 miles west of Dounreay. It is partly in the county of Sutherland, but chiefly in that of Caithness, containing the fishing-villages of Melvich and Portskerray. This place, of which the history is involved in great obscurity, is supposed to have derived its name, originally Urray, from a Pictish chieftain who anciently occupied a castle here. The parish is bounded on the north by the North Sea.
He is honoured on the Reay War Memorial, Sutherland.
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