ALEXANDER, Iain Archie Mackenzie
Service Number: | QX6515 |
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Enlisted: | 17 November 1939 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Kensington, London, England, 27 April 1917 |
Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Cadet Meatworks Foreman |
Died: | Died of Wounds, Egypt, 26 March 1941, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
El Alamein War Cemetery A. IV. E. 18 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX6515 | |
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17 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX6515, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion | |
26 Mar 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX6515, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Iain Archie Mackenzie ALEXANDER was born in Kensington in London, UK on 27th April, 1917
His parents were Cyril St. George Edgar ALEXANDER & Dorothy Dickson CARTER who married in England in 1914
He died of wounds in Egypt on 26th March, 1941 and was originally buried in Mersa Matruth in Egypt and his grave was moved to El Alamein Cemetery
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His father Cyril St George Edgar ALEXANDER served in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in England during WW1