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Alexander Thomas REDDIE

Regimental number25879
Place of birthCanning Creek, Queensland
SchoolKoroit State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationEngine driver
AddressPrincetown, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinWife, Mrs A A Reddie, Princetown, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in Warrnambool Srtillery, Victoria
Enlistment date8 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 12, Reinforcement 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/39/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 1 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 22 July 1917
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialKlein-Vierstraat British Cemetery (Plot II, row E, Grave No. 12), Kemmel, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
17
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Annie REDDIE; husband of Ada REDDIE, Princetown, Victoria
Family/military connections3 Cousins: killed in action; brother, 2 brothers in law: returned wounded.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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