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Alexander NAIRN

Regimental number3857
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia26
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTelegraph linesman
Address36 Sheffield Street, Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinFather, Frederick Nairn, Keymer Street, Belmont, Western Australia
Enlistment date30 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 23 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 8 April 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialValux Hill Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 12), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
142
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick and Ellen NAIRN, Keymer Street, Belmont, Western Australia

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