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Alexander CUMSTIE

Regimental number1067
Place of birthOban, Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
Address161 Buckhurst Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMrs Heenan, 161 Buckhurst Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceEnlisted 5 May 1915 - 23 Battalion; mortally wounded 27 April 1916.
Enlistment date24 December 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll5 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 27 April 1916
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles)
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row D, Grave No 145), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
98
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Brother of Miss Lottie CUMSTIE, Frodsham, Warrington. Native of Oban, Argyll

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