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MITCHELL, Alan David
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 1459, 1323 |
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Enlisted: | 20 November 1914 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Toxteth Street, Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 27 November 1891 |
Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Kings School, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Law Student |
Died: | Died of wounds, Egypt, 5 May 1915, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Manly War Memorial NSW |
Service History
World War 1 Service
20 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1459, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1323, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: 'Name and service number both incorrectly recorded on original roll as: "1459" and "Alan David Mitchell"' | |
11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1323, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Mark and Elizabeth Mitchell, Leitelinna, Fairlight Street, Manly, Sydney, New South Wales
BURIED AT THE TIME IN OLD CAIRO JEWISH CEMETERY BUT WHOSE GRAVE IS NOW LOST " THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT"