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Charles Mansfield ALEXANDER

Regimental number201
Place of birthWilliamstown, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBlacksmith's striker
AddressMoreland, Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 9.75"
Weight144 lbs
Next of kinFather, James Chas Alexander, 221 Davies Street, Moreland, Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceCitizen Forces - 64 City of Melbourne (3 years)
Enlistment date8 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 January 1916
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name37th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/54/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 3 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll37th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 5 July 1916
Discharge date3 June 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 3 June 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 25 July 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 22 November 1916.

Wounded in action, 7 June 1917, and admitted to No 9 Australian Field Ambulance the same day (gunshot wound, right buttock); transferred to No 7 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, 8 June 1917; to England, 17 June 1917; to Horton County of London War Hospital, 17 June 1917; to No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, 5 July 1917; discharged to furlough, 20 August 1917, and to report to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, August 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Runic', 20 December 1917; disembarked Melbourne, 13 February 1918; discharged Melbourne (medically unfit), 3 June 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death10 March 1963
Age at death69
SourcesNAA: B2455, ALEXANDER Charles Mansfield

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