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Alexander WHILEY

Regimental number1835
Place of birthCondobolin, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressCondobolin, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, C Whiley, Wirrinum, Condobolin, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date11 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 17 March 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 13 August 1916
Place of death or woundingMouquet Farm, Pozieres, France
Age at death23.8
Place of burialWarloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VII, Row B, Grave 39), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
71
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Gertrude WHILEY.
Family/military connectionsCousin: Joshua Paul Field, who died from illness on 17th November 1916.

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