Robert Henry ALEXANDER

ALEXANDER, Robert Henry

Service Number: NX191471
Enlisted: 2 May 1941, Recruiting Depot New South Wales
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, 21 September 1920
Home Town: Bega, Bega Valley, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Panel 4, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Gunner, NX191471
2 May 1941: Enlisted Recruiting Depot New South Wales
2 May 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX191471

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Biography

Other Service number N109820

Anti Aircraft Battery

Rank - Gunner

Son of Malcolm and Violet Brunton; foster son of Artie S. Alexander, of Bega, New South Wales.