Louis ALEXANDER

ALEXANDER, Louis

Service Number: 2700
Enlisted: 6 September 1915, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 7th Field Company Engineers
Born: Newtown, New South Wales, 31 December 1894
Home Town: Haberfield, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Forest Lodge Primary School
Occupation: Blacksmith
Died: Natural causes (heart failure), Sydney, New South Wales, 1977
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

6 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2700, Sydney, New South Wales
22 Dec 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 2700, 7th Field Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 2700, 7th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
22 Sep 1917: Wounded Sapper, 2700, 7th Field Company Engineers, Menin Road, GSW (leg)
23 Oct 1917: Wounded Sapper, 2700, 7th Field Company Engineers, Third Ypres, 2nd occasion - GSW (left finger)
24 Oct 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 2700, 7th Field Company Engineers

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Louis and Martha ALEXANDER,  Ramsay Street, Haberfield, NSW

Serving in Egypt, France and Belgium, Louis was wounded on two occasions and invalided to England, recovered and returned to duty both times.  He was with his unit when hostilities ceased.