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MOTTERAM, Alexander James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 875 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | South Yarra, VIC, Australia, 29 April 1895 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Metal Spinner & Polisher |
| Died: | Research, VIC, Australia, 20 January 1963, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted Other Commonwealth Forces, Private, 29th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 875, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 875, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 11 Apr 1916: | Discharged Other Commonwealth Forces, Private, 29th Infantry Battalion, Discharged due to deafness. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by lindsey motteram
Alex grew up in Melbourne's inner east, the child of a British emigrant and a Collingwood girl. He enlisted age 20 and was discharged aged 21 due to deafness. Alex then settled in Richmond where he married Edith Claire Lumley and had 6 children, 5 of whom survived into adulthood. Alex's profession was listed as a metal spinner & polisher. Alex died in 1963 in Research, in Melbourne's north.