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Alexander Valentine DEAN

Regimental number1114
Place of birthLockhart, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationRailway porter
AddressOlive Street, Wellington, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.6
Height5' 7"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinFather, T H Dean, Stationmaster, Lockhart, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the 44th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date20 August 1914
Place of enlistmentKensington, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion F Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 August 1915
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Sp. Mem. C. 28), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
36
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Town. Lockhart, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Statement by 1547 Corporal J.T. FLYNN, 3rd Bn: 'Killed - shot in jugular vein - bled to death. Think buried in dead end of Turkish trench, Lone Pine.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Sources
Red Cross File No 0900711I

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