PERT, Alexander Horace
| Service Number: | 1387 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 1897 |
| Home Town: | Arncliffe, Rockdale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fitters Apprentice |
| Died: | Wounds, 19th General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 31 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Row F, Grave 175 Headstone inscription reads: Thy will be done, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Rockdale Municipal Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 25 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1387, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1387, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1387, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 26 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1387, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to the abdomen and invalided to Alexandria |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James and Amy Pert of 'Whangorra', 29 Kyle Street, Arncliffe, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Prior to enlisting he had served a 2 year apprenticeship with the NSW Railways
Also served in the Cadets for about 4 years
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Alexander Horace PERT, (Service Number 1387) was born at St Peters. Pert was appointed as a shop boy on 2nd September 1913. By 31st December 1914 he was an apprentice fitter at Eveleigh
He stated his age as a bare 18 years on 25th May 1915 when he enlisted at Liverpool, suggesting that he had been born about May 1897.
Pert nominated his mother, Amy, of Arncliffe, as his next of kin, and claimed four years military experience with the Senior Cadets. He was allotted to the 19th Australian Infantry Battalion.
He embarked HMAT ‘Ceramic’ at Sydney on 25th June 1915. Within little more than two months of leaving Sydney he had travelled to the Mediterranean, to Gallipoli, been wounded on 26th August and then evacuated to Egypt.
Sister Webley of the 19th General Hospital, Alexandria reported:
‘Died on the 31st [August], the day after he came into hospital. He was shot through the abdomen. It was a very bad case, and the doctors considered an operation useless. He was conscious up to a little before he died. He was buried in the Military Cemetery.’
This cemetery is now known as Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt.
His personal effects returned to his mother were his identity disc, a wallet, two pipes, a watch, letters, cards, a pouch, a match box and a Testament.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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