Alexander CAMERON

CAMERON, Alexander

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
Plot 1, Row M, Grave 26, Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Wimereux, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

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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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

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