Alec Bertram DEAKIN

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Service Number:	79
Enlisted:	6 November 1914, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ripley, Derby, Derbyshire, England, 1895
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 18 August 1915
Cemetery:	7th Field Ambulance Cemetery Special Memorial, Row A, Grave 2 Rev. T.S. Power officiated. Headstone inscription reads: Lord remember him when Thou comest into Thy Kingdom, 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gracemere Roll of Honour

6 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 79, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 79, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 79, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
18 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 79, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 79 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-08-18

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Son of William and Lydia Deakin of 'Bruni', Broadway Street, Wooloongabba, QLD

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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