Alexander NEIL

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Service Number:	2627
Enlisted:	25 October 1917, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Amphitheatre, Victoria, 8 April 1887
Home Town:	Amphitheatre, Pyrenees, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Natural Causes, Beaufort, Victoria, 13 September 1969, aged 82 years
Cemetery:	Amphitheatre Public Cemetery
Memorials:	Amphitheatre Rifle Club Honour Roll

25 Oct 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria
2 Feb 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2627, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2627, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
16 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 2627, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , "The Last Hundred Days"
10 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1

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At the age of 30, Alexander left behind his wife Mary and their many children in the small country town of Amphitheatre to enlist.

When he arrived in France he joined the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade as a gunner.

He returned to Australia on January 24, 1919 suffering from pneumonia and mustard gas. It was two years before he could talk again.

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