BETHUNE, Alexander McDonald
| Service Number: | 4069 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 January 1916, Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Northam, Western Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Kalgoorlie Central School |
| Occupation: | Horse Trainer |
| Died: | Accidental (Injuries), France, 4 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie Central School Honour Roll, Northam Fallen |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4069, 28th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4069, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4069, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle |
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Alexander McDonald BETHUNE was born 1889 in Northam, Western Australia
His parents were Samuel Louden BETHUNE and Laura Sophia Robinson YELLAND
His father was born in Victoria and his mother in South Australia
His father died in 1907 in York Hospital and in 1912 his mother remarried to a James REDPATH in WA
Alexander enlisted January 1916 in Blackboy Hill with 28th Battalion
S/N 4069
Unit embarked from Fremantle in April 1916 on board HMAT Ulysses
He died of accidental injuries on 4th April, 1918 - he was shot accidentally when a prisoner escaped
He is buried in Outterstene Communal Cemetery Extension in Bailleul in France
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