Pte
Percy Reginald Alexander
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 00/01/1895 |
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Place of birth: Coburg, Victoria, Australia |
Army information
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Country: Australia |
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Force: Australian Imperial Force |
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Rank: Private |
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Service number: 2108 |
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Units: — Australian Machine Gun Corps, 2nd Coy. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 04/10/1917 |
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Age: 22 |
Memorial
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Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel: 31Q |
Distinctions and medals 3
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1914-15 Star Medal |
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British War Medal Medal |
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British War Medal Medal |
Points of interest 1
| #1 | Place of birth |
My story
runner, taking a message to H.Q. and was killed by a shell
Sources 2
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2nd Australian Machine Gun Company, (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM4 24/7/17). https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1338583 Sources used |
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First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, (National Archives of Australia, Canberra (NAA), B2455, ALEXANDER P R). https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/NameSearch.aspx. Sources used |
More information 4
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1597337 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=ed1f0b23-9429-41a9-af3c-46ac53265195 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7340068 |
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The AIF Project (UNSW Canberra) https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=2468 |