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Alexander NAIRN

Regimental number1355
Place of birthBuangor, Victoria
SchoolState School
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressBuangor, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinFather, John A Nairn, Buangor, Victoria
Enlistment date20 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/13/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT SS Hawkes Bay on 21 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Light Horse Regiment
FateKilled in Action 23 December 1916
Place of death or woundingBaghdaba, Sinai Peninsula
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialKantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row F, Grave No. 14), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
6
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Elizabeth and the late John Alexander NAIRN
Family/military connectionsFirst cousin: 3217 Pte William John NAIRN, 59th Bn, killed in action, 4 July 1918.
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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