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Jacob Falconer ALEXANDER

Regimental number2621
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLinesman
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinWife, Mrs Beatrice Isabel Alexander, 'Ashgate', New South Wales Head Road, Rose Bay, New South Wales
Enlistment date1 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentLance Corporal
Unit name7th Field Company Engineers
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/26/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 30 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Field Company Engineers
FateReturned to Australia 13 May 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Jacob and Louise ALEXANDER. Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death30 June 1939
Age at death59
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, New South Wales

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