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Alexander Henry FAERBER

Regimental number17223
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
SchoolGlebe Superior Public School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationEngineer mechanic
Address160 Hereford Street, Forest Lodge, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Faerber, 160 Hereford Street, Forest Lodge, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date17 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll19 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameDivisional Ammunition Column 2, Reinforcement 6
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/90/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 22 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 26 July 1917
Place of death or woundingBulebecke Lake
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialDickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row F, Grave No. 15), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
11
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Margaret FAERBER, "Leith", Bryant and Lennox Street, Rockdale, New South Wales. Native of Sydney, New South Wales

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