James Russell ALEXANDER

ALEXANDER, James Russell

Service Number: NX67113
Enlisted: 13 January 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/12th Field Ambulance
Born: Leichhardt, New South Wales, 7 August 1919
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, At sea (off Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), 14 May 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gold Coast - AHS Centaur Memorial, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Centaur Wing, Leichhardt War Memorial, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX67113
13 Jan 1941: Enlisted Paddington, NSW
13 Jan 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX67113, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance

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Biography

Son of Sydney Archibald and Jessie May Alexander, of Leichhardt, New South Wales.

2/12 Field Ambulance

Died when Hospital Ship Centaur was sunk by enemy action off the Queensland coast