Alexander DENNERSTEIN

DENNERSTEIN, Alexander

Service Number: 260
Enlisted: 16 February 1916, Ascot Vale, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station
Born: Brunswick, Victoria, August 1897
Home Town: Thornbury, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Electrical engineer
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World War 1 Service

16 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 260, Ascot Vale, Victoria
3 Jun 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Bugler, 260, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
3 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Bugler, 260, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
15 May 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station
17 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 260, 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

Younger brother of 14861 Pte. William Dennerstein (/explore/people/120646) who returned

"...260 Private Alexander Dennerstein of 1 Casualty Clearing Station, of Thornbury, Vic, aged 18 years. An electrical engineer prior to his enlistment on 16 February 1916 Dennerstein embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT Persic on 3 June 1916 and returned to Australia on 1 July 1919." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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