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Military service
Service number:
130255
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
July 18, 1887
Peterhead, Scotland
Enlistment:
February 18, 1916
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
July 13, 1916
Zillebeke, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. A. 32.
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Elizabeth A. Alexander of Peterhead, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private Alexander Murrison Alexander
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens 2010) -
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground
The Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery, located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
Grave marker ... Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of August 17, 1916. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y214uvic#mode/1up.
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Private Alexander Murrison Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Murrison Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Murrison Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Murrison Alexander
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 45 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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