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Alan Lindsay WARDLAW

Place of birthAvoca Tasmania
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStation manager
AddressRingarooma, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinMother, Mrs D D Wardlaw, Ringarooma, Tasmania
Enlistment date20 May 1916
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant (Honorary Lieutenant)
Unit name12th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A59 Botanist on 24 August 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 31089 (31 December 1918); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 61 (23 May 1919).

FateReturned to Australia 16 March 1919
Family/military connectionsCousin: Lt Alexander Henderson MILLER, 57th Bn, killed in action, 25 September 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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