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Alexander Gair CORMACK

Place of birthCaithness, Wick, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia22
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBuilder
AddressCressy Road, North Ryde, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinWife, Mrs W M Cormack, Cressy Road, North Ryde, NSW.
Previous military serviceScottish Highlanders at Natal rising 1906
Enlistment date3 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentLieutenant
Unit name3rd Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Makarini on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCaptain
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Work at Proyart on 23 August 1918.
Recommendation date: 31 August 1918

FateKilled in Action 23 August 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death39
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot V, Row J, Grave No. 14), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
35
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Elizabeth CORMACK; husband of Winifred May CORMACK, Cressy Road, North Ryde, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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