Alexander YATES

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Service Number:	1169
Enlisted:	24 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bermondsey, London, England, 1893
Home Town:	Wamberal, Gosford Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Eastam School, Tooting, England
Occupation:	Electrician
Died:	Died of wounds, At sea aboard HMTS Dongola , Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Chaplain P.W. Clarkson officiated, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

24 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1169, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 1169, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 1169, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Arrived in Australia aged seventeen years.Prior to migrating to Australia he had served in the English Territorials for two years

Address at the time of enlistment was C/- Mr Rosamon, of 'Roslyn', Wamberral, Gosford, NSW

Son of A. Yates and Ada Yates of Moring Road, Tooting, England. Brother of Ada Yates and Leslie Yates

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal