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Private John Allister Alexander

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Military service

Service number: 152259
Age: 39
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division: 5th Bn.
Birth: May 21, 1877 Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment: August 17, 1915 Manitoba
Death: September 27, 1916 The Somme, Belgium

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: XV. B. 30.
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Son of William Hewitson Alexander and Alice Alexander (nee Gorrie) of Medicine Hat, Alberta.

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 46 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES BURIAL GROUND Somme, France

The AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES (A.I.F) BURIAL GROUND is 2 kilometres north of the village of Flers, in the Department of the Somme. Travel south-west of Bapaume on the D929 in the direction of Albert for 6 kilometres to the village of Le Sars. Turn left eastwards on the D11 in the direction of Geudecourt for 3.5 kilometres to the D74/D197 junction. Continue along the D74 in the direction of Geudecourt for 500 metres when a CWGC signpost will be seen indicating the A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND along a track to the right.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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