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BALLANTYNE, Alexander
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4278 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kirkmaiden, Rinns of Galloway, Wigtownshire., date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Port Logan Public School, Kirkmaiden. Scotland |
| Occupation: | Seaman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 26 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4278, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4278, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Enlisted Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Son of Mr. Alexander Ballantyne of Main Street, Drummore, Wigtownshire.
Emigrated aged 19. Prior to joining up the ship he sailed in carried troops to the Dardenelles.
He is remembered on the Drummore War Memorial which was moved from near Kirkmaiden Kirk in the 1970’s to its present site in the grounds of the village Kirk in the main street to Sandhead.
Kirkmaiden is a parish in the Rinns of Galloway, the most southerly in Scotland;
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