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Alexander Christian WHEELER

Regimental number5943
Place of birthBethungra, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Address209 Botany Road, Waterloo, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs R Wheeler, 209 Botany Road, Waterloo, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date23 December 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll12 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 7 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 31 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death26
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
92
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Maria Elizabeth WHEELER.
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 3657 Pte Arthur Daniel WHEELER, 1st Bn, returned to Australia, 14 January 1919; 58867 Pte Charles William WHEELER, 34th Bn, returned to Australia, 22 July 1919; 3656 Pte Thomas Edward WHEELER, 1st Bn, returned to Australia, 14 January 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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