ALEXANDER, Benjamin Disraeli
| Service Numbers: | 1676, 1676A |
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| 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 |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1676, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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
Biography
Son of Joseph and Catherine ALEXANDER
Photograph Tasmania Weekly Courier 14 September 1916 Insert 4
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