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FORTUNE, Alexander
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2108 |
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| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Nar Nar Goon, Victoria, Australia, October 1887 |
| Home Town: | Hill End, Baw Baw, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | 19 April 1928, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Trafalgar Public Cemetery |
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World War 1 Service
| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 2108, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
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| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 2108, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 5 Oct 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, Montbrehain, For courage and determination in the attack on 5th October, 1918 at MONTBREHAIN, North of St Quentin. He attacked and kept under fire singlehanded an enemy machine gun which was holding up the advance of his platoon's left flank. Whilst doing so he was under continuous bursts of machine gun fire which he succeeded at holding in check. Though firing from an exposed position he gallantly stuck to his task which enabled the remainder of the men to advance. |
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