Alexander Horace PERT

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Service Number:	1387
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:	Died of wounds - abdomen, 19th General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 31 August 1915
Cemetery:	Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery Row F, Grave 175 Headstone inscription reads: Thy will be done, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board

25 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1387, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
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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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

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