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Alexander SHEARER

Regimental number3248
Place of birthWarrenheip, Victoria
SchoolWarrenheip State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBlacksmith
Address67 Preston Street, Geelong, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, G A Shearer, Warrenheip PO, Warrenehip, Victoria
Enlistment date13 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Machine Gun Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles)
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialRue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. I), Fleurbaix, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
179
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Emily SHEARER, Warrenhelp, Victoria

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