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Alexander McBAIN

Regimental number566
Place of birthStewarts Range South Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressStewarts Range via Naracoorte, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinMother, Mrs C McBain, Stewarts Range via Naracoorte, South Australia
Enlistment date8 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll7 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked.
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked.
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Division Artillery
FateReturned to Australia 5 July 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance
Date of death2 July 1942

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