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Alexander McAVANEY

Regimental number138
Place of birthYorketown South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressYorketown, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellen McAvaney, same address
Enlistment date4 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name43rd Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/60/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 9 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Light Trench Mortar Battery
FateDied of wounds 14 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row C, Grave No. 6), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
20
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Ellen MCAVANEY, Yorketown, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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