Alexander Henry SELLARS

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SELLARS, Alexander Henry

Service Numbers:	431A, 431
Enlisted:	9 August 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Aberdeen, Scotland, 1893
Home Town:	Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrician
Died:	Daw Park, South Australia, 17 September 1965, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia RSL, Wall 134, Niche C003.
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 1 Service

9 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 431A, Enlisted at Melbourne
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 431, 10th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 431, 10th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
9 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 431A

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

25 November 1918 - Arrived in England from Germany POW Camp

8 August 1919 - Returned to Australia

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

25 March 1919 - Married Elsie Swanborough of Chirton, England in the Warminster Registry Office. E.J. Butcher officated.

elsie died in 1953

Residential address at the time of his death was 4 Fisher Street, Fellixsstowe

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