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Military service
Service number:
100271
Age:
26
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
49th Bn.
Birth:
November 9, 1890
Edinburgh, Scotland
Enlistment:
July 2, 1915
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
October 30, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Elizabeth R. Alexander, of Edmonton, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Robert Edward Alexander
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Edmonton Morning Bulletin c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Edmonton Morning Bulletin c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert Edward Alexander
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert Edward Alexander
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert Edward Alexander
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 190 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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