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ALEXANDER, Eric Carnagie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1876 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 June 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, 12 December 1891 |
| Home Town: | Mitcham, Mitcham, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Payneham State School |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Glen Osmond, South Australia, 8 February 1974, aged 82 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia General AC, Path 8, Grave 513. |
| Memorials: | Port Elliot Institute Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 26 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1876, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 26 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1876, 27th Infantry Battalion, RMS Morea, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1876, 27th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
Survived burial in a Trench, Pozieres 4 Aug 16
My brother, Harold Leslie Alexander, along side several other 27 Battalion solders were in a trench for protection from Artillery fire at Pozieres, when a shell collapsed the trench, burying all of us, on 4 August 1916.
We were dug out of the collapsed trench, but I was the only one to survive through my helmet being forced by the impact of the shell to cover my face, providing just sufficient air for me to breath for a short while.
Unfortunately, none of the others, including my brother, survived this catastrophe.
Submitted 9 March 2015 by Murray Alexander
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