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HECTOR, Alexander
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3549 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Dyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland., 29 January 1891 |
| Home Town: | Goomalling, Goomalling, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Servant in Scotland. |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 September 1916, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Aveluy Wood Cemetery, (Lancashire Dump), Mesnil-Martinsart Plot I Row L Grave 6 INSCRIPTION IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY HUSBAND THY WILL BE DONE , Aveluy Wood Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Victoria Park War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3549, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3549, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 3549, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3549 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-03 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 26 and the son of William and the late Barbara Hector; husband of Emily Hector, of The Hospital, Meckering, Western Australia and sometime of the Police Station, Victoria Park. WA. He enlisted at Goomalling, WA .The embarkation papers say he was of Lindsay St; Coolgardie.
He is remembered on the Dyce, Aberdeenshire War Memorial
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