DUFF, Alexander Moffatt
| Service Number: | 4189 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tasmania, Australia, 18 April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Paymaster Dept Main Roads |
| Died: | Cancer, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 1968 |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4189, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4189, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 22 Jul 1916: | Wounded 4189, 54th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Wounded (Shoulder) near Fromelles in No Mans Land. Taken Prisoner. | |
| 1 Aug 1916: | Imprisoned Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Captured Fleurbaix 20/7/1916-Interned Dulmen 27July1916 /Minden 21Sept1916 /Sennelager 31Oct1916 / Friedrichsfeld 25Feb1917 POW Camps-repatriated 6/12/1918 |
Prisoner of War
Taken prisoner in July 1916 when 54th Battalion were involved in teh Battle of the Somme near Fromelles. Captured after being injured near German lines and taken to Fredricksfield Prison Camp where he stayed until the end of hostilities in November 1918. Pictures are from prison camp records at Australian War Memorial.
Submitted 11 October 2020 by Mark Storey
Prisoner of War 20 July 1916
Taken prisoner at Fleurbaix on the Somme on 20 July 1916, taken to Friedrichsfeld POW Camp for duration of the War. Released and repatriated back to England on 6 Dec 1919.
Submitted 9 March 2020 by Mark Storey
Biography contributed by Mark Storey
After returning from the War Alex married Agnes Hilda Jesperson, the daughter of Edward Walter Jesperson, 17th Battalion AIF who was killed at the battle of Lagnicourt, Arras 15 April, 1917.
Alex and Agnes had five children. Alex worked as a surveyor with Dept Main Roads and was involved with the construction of the Princes Highway. They lived for many years at Dignam's Creek near Bermaguie on the South Coast of NSW before moving to Yagoona, a suburub of Sydney.
Alex Duff died in 1968 and is buriied at Rookwood Cemetry in Sydney.
Biography contributed by Mark Storey
Alex was a member of the Freemasons Lodge.
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