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Alexander Waldemar HALLETT

Regimental number2213
Place of birthUpton Grey, Hampshire, England
SchoolR.C. College (Catholic), Farnborough, Hampshire, England
Age on arrival in Australia15
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStation hand
AddressMiddle Park, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Alexander W Hallett, 23 Langridge Street, Middle Park, Victoria
Enlistment date29 April 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll2 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name46th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/63/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Orontes on 16 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular"His only brother enlisted but was rejected through defective eyesight. I was deterred from joining through old age to my sorrow. All I could do was give my youngest son full consent to join up. He was buried in St Seven Cemetry Extension.
FateDied of wounds 22 February 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block O, Plot VI, Row B, Grave NO. 4), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
141
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Waldemar and Eva HALLETT, 29 Longridge Street, Middle Park, Victoria. Native of Upton Grey, Hampshire, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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