ALEXANDER, Maurice Gordon
| Service Number: | 2328 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 26 July 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 7th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Sydney, NSW, 8 December 1898 |
| Home Town: | Haberfield, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Forest Lodge Primary School |
| Occupation: | Cabinetmaker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 July 1916, aged 17 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 6 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2328, 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2328, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney | |
| 29 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 2328, 7th Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2328 awm_unit: 7th Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1916-07-29 |
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20 Battalion
Rank - Private/Sapper
10 January 1916 - Taken on strength at Tel el Kebir
10 February 1916 - To hospital, influenza
17 February 1916 - Discharged to duty
4 March 1916 - Taken on strength 7 Field Engineers
14 March 1916 - Embarked HMT Minneapolis at Alexandria
19 March 1916 - Disembarked Marseilles
18 July 1916 - Charged with failing to keep his rifle clean. Fined 7 days pay
29 July 1916 - Reported wounded and missing
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, victory Medal
Son of Louis and Martha Alexander, 36 Ramsay Road, Haberfield, New South Wales
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Louis and Martha ALEXANDER, 36 Ramsay Street, Haberfield, NSW
ALEXANDER.—In sad but loving memory of our darling soldier boy, Sapper Maurice Gordon Alex ander, reported wounded, missing, then killed inaction, at Pozieres, aged l8 years, July 29, 1916.
Oh the anguish of the mother,
Oh the bitter tears she shed
When she heard her boy was missing,
And she wondered is he dead.
Oh those weeks and months of torture,
Oh the agony and pain;
And she weeps and prays and wonders
Will her boy come home again.
Killed in action came still later—
But still I'll watch and wait for him.
Inserted by his heart-broken parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Alexander, Coronation Studios, and Ramsay
road, Haberfield. G.R H.S.
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