Alexander CAMERON

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Service Number:	2004
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kaiwaka, New Zealand, 1893
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Driver
Died:	Illness (Bronchial Pneumonia and Asthma), France, 27 May 1916
Cemetery:	Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais - Hauts-de-France Plot 1, Row M, Grave 26, Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Wimereux, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2004, Enlisted at Helena Vale, Western Australia
26 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2004, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
26 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2004, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne

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Son of Duncan Charles and Julia Grey Cameron of Kaiwaka, New Zealand; brother of William charles cameron of Kaiwaka, Auckland, New Zealand

25 October 1915 - Admitted to Camp with Bronchitis

6 November 1915 - To hospital with Tonsilitis

23 December 1915 - Treated for scalded feet

2 May 1916 - Suffering with Influenza

20 May 1916 - Bronchitis

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