Alexander PORRITT MM

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Service Number:	2671
Enlisted:	13 June 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Wandsworth, New South Wales, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Wandsworth, Guyra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 27 February 1917
Cemetery:	Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Plot V, Row d, Grave No. 12, Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Dernancourt, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ben Lomond WW1 Roll of Honour, Glen Innes & District Soldiers Memorial, Guyra District Great War Honour Roll

13 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2671, 13th Infantry Battalion
9 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2671, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
9 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2671, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
3 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
29 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
4 Feb 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
21 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2671, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Shrapnal wound to chest and right eye
27 Feb 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 2671, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2671 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-02-27
17 Mar 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Posthumously Awarded

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