Cleveland Holmes Alexander

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First Name:

Cleveland

Middle Name:

Holmes

Last Name:

Alexander

Date of Birth:

Monday, December 12, 1892

Mother's Name:

Alice Alexander nee Holmes

Father's Name:

William Alexander

Date Enlisted:

Thursday, November 25, 1915

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Corporal

Unit:

1st Battalion

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Sunday, July 2, 1972

Place of Death:

Gosford, N.S.W.

Details:

Cleveland Holmes Alexander (Service No 5030), was born in Windsor, N.S.W.

He enlisted, as a member of the Waratah March, in Kiama, N.S.W. At enlistment, he was single, 23 years old, worked as a bank teller with the E.S.& A. Bank.

Cleveland embarked on SS Makarini, with 1st Battalion Reinforcement, on 1st April 1916. He arrived in France on 17th May 1916 and joined 1st Battalion in the field, on 18th June. Only 3 days later, on 21st June 1916, he was wounded in action and evacuated to hospital in England, for treatment of gun shot wounds to his left thigh and knee.

He was repatriated to Australia, as a Corporal, in October 1916. On 25th April 1917, after receiving further treatment in Australia, Cleveland was discharged medically unfit.

He returned to his job in late 1917, and in 1919 began working for the Commonwealth Bank.

In 1924, he married Dorothy Nielsen.

Cleveland Alexander is commemorated on the Nowra Post Office Roll of Honor.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, ALEXANDER C H