Alexander Roy HATCHER

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HATCHER, Alexander Roy

Service Number:	456
Enlisted:	3 December 1915, An original member of B Company
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	35th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Branxton, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Branxton, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wheeler
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 23 October 1917
Cemetery:	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Plot 3, Row O, Grave No. 4B.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Branxton Memorial Rotunda

World War 1 Service

3 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 456, 35th Infantry Battalion, An original member of B Company
1 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 456, 35th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
1 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 456, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Alexander was the son of Joseph and Jessie May Hatcher, of Branxton, New South Wales. His younger brother, 1144 Pte. Thomas Harry Hatcher 34th Battalion AIF was killed in action 27 January 1917, aged 19.

Another brother, Mervyn Clarence Hatcher enlisted with the 35th Battalion AIF on the 30 November 1915 with his brother Alexander and was an original member of the Battalion. Mervyn was discharged ‘Medically Unfit’ during April 1916 by the Medical Board of the 9th Infantry Brigade.

Alexander went with the 35th Battalion to France during November 1916. He was wounded in action at Messines in June 1917 and evacuated to England. Three months later he was mortally wounded in Belgium on 1 October 1917. Hit in the hip by shrapnel he died of his wounds over three weeks later in hospital at Rouen, France.

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