Benjamin Disraeli ALEXANDER

ALEXANDER, Benjamin Disraeli

Service Numbers: 1676, 1676A
Enlisted: 2 September 1915
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born: Hexham, Northumberland, England, 1888
Home Town: Exeter, Tasmania
Schooling: Battle Hill Grammar School, Hexham, England
Occupation: Orchardist
Died: Killed in Action, Egypt, France, 9 August 1916
Cemetery: Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
Grave A 82 , Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Suez Canal, Egypt, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

2 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1676, 3rd Light Horse Regiment
23 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 1676, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 1676, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
9 Aug 1916: Involvement Trooper, 1676A, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1676A awm_unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1916-08-09

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Births Mar 1888 ALEXANDER Benjamin Disraeli Hexham 10b 308.

Trooper Alexander was 28 and the son of Joseph and Catherine Alexander, of 5, Burnside, The Leazes, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.

He is remembered on the Hexham War Memorial along with other Australian casualties from Hexham.

Address
c/o C.B. Brady, Waterton Hill, West Tamar, Launceston

Age at embarkation 27

Enlistment date 2 September 1915
Unit name
3rd Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 10/8/3

Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 23 November 1915


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Son of Joseph and Catherine ALEXANDER

Photograph Tasmania Weekly Courier 14 September 1916 Insert 4