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Myles ALEXANDER

Regimental number6224
Place of birthDunedin, New Zealand
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressPost Office, Cue, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation43
Height5' 8"
Next of kinWife, Mrs E A Alexander, Post Office, Geraldton, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date3 April 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll3 April 1916
Place of enlistmentBlackboy Hill, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 18 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
FateDied of disease 19 December 1916
Place of burialSouthall Cemetery (Row X2, Grave 2), Middlesex, England.
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
61
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Jane ALEXANDER.
Other details

War service: England

Embarked Fremantle, 18 September 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 2 November 1916.

Died of tubercular broncho-pneumonia, 2nd Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, London, 19 December 1916.

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, ALEXANDER Myles

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