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Alexander HAMILTON

Regimental number1550
Place of birthNorth Melbourne, Victoria
SchoolMonbulk State School, Monbulk, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMill hand
AddressPO via Belgrave, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs Agnes Hamilton, PO via Belgrave, Victoria
Enlistment date15 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll15 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 28 June 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1550A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 22 August 1918
Place of death or woundingBray, Somme Sector, France
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialBronfay Farm Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row G, Grave NO. 49), Bray-Sur-Somme, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
173
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: robert and Agnes HAMILTON, Patch, Belgrave, Victoria. Native of North Melbourne

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