Trooper 701

Richmond, Victoria 1872

Miss Emma Watterson of Pitfield Plains Victoria, later Mrs. Mary Alexander wife of Chelsea London

Meeniyan, Victoria 12/10/1914

Age 42, 5'9 ½", 10 stone 7 pounds, brownish eyes and dark brown hair

Presbyterian

Bush labourer and engine driver

He was killed in an explosion at Bapaume, France on the night of the 25 or 26/3/1917

He is named on the memorial at Villers Bretonneux, France

He appears to have a connection to the Meeniyan area


◈ 12/10/1914 He enlisted in Meeniyan
◈ 3/2/1915 He embarked Melbourne on HMAT Katuna
◈ 12/5/1915 He joined the Mediterranean Expeditionary force in Alexandria and went to Gallipoli
◈ 14/9/1915 He had dysentery and went to hospital at Anzac then on to Mudros.
◈ 18/9/1915 He was transferred to hospital in Gibraltar
◈ 2/10/1915 He was moved to Bristol
◈ 14/7/1916 He was released from hospital and rejoined his unit and proceeded to France on 29/8/1916
◈ 15/9/1916 He rejoined the 1st Anzac Army Corps 13th Light Horse
◈ 21/9/1916 He was assigned to transport duty
◈ 19/12/1916 He rejoined his unit
◈ 26/3/1917 He was reported missing after an explosion in Bapaume.
◈ 4/12/1917 A court of enquiry declared that he was killed in action
◈ At the enquiry it was stated that George Alexander was sleeping in the Bapaume Town Hall (a YMCA facility) when it was destroyed by a mine explosion. He was never seen again.
◈ In 1916 he married Annie Mary Pickford at St Georges Hanover Square London.