MCINTOSH, Alexander
| Service Number: | 1694 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lady's Turn, Dulnain Bridge, Grantown on Spey, Scotland., date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Darlington Point, Murrumbidgee Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Dulnain Bridge Council School, Grantown on Spey, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 2 April 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux MemoriaL. , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1694, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1694, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 2 Apr 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 1694, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1694 awm_unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Age on arrival in Australia 25
Address-Darlington Point, Narrandera, New South Wales
Next of kin- Mother, Mrs A McIntosh, Ladysturn, Dulnain Bridge, Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland. Dulnain Bridge is a village in Strathspey, next to the meeting of the River Dulnain and the River Spey, three miles south-west of Grantown-on-Spey, in the Scottish Highlands and the Highland council area.He is one of 3 Australian casualties of the Great War commemorated on the Dulnain Bridge War Memorial, near Grantown on Spey.
Enlistment date 1 February 1916
Rank on enlistment Private
56th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 14 April 1916-he was then 29.
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