Alexander URQUHART

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Service Number:	2924
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	42nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Banana, Queensland, Australia, 30 November 1881
Home Town:	Banana, Banana, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 21 March 1971, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Banana War Memorial

23 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 2924, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 2924, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney

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Son of Duncan Urquhart and Jessie Urquhart nee McKae of 'Fairview', Banana, QLD.

26 October 1916 enlisted with the 42nd Battalion and with the rank of Private

26 Spetember 1917 - commenced return to Australia of aboard HT Borda

Medal: British War Medal

19 December 1917 - discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to chronic rheumatism

Husband of Elsie Urquhart of Numham Terrace, Hercules Road, Lambeth, England