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Alexander McKinnon
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| Date of Death: | 04 October 1917. |
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| Date of Enlistment: | 03 May 1916. |
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| Service History: | 50 Infantry Battalion - 2 to 9 Reinforcements (April 1916 - February 1917).
Embarked from Adelaide, South Australia on 12th August 1916 aboard HMAT Ballarat. Disembarked Devonport, England 30th September 1916. Proceeded to Frances 25th November 1916. Transferred to 43rd Battalion on 29 July 1917. |
| Next of Kin: | Mrs Alice McKinnon - Stepmother. |
| Biographical notes: | After hearing of the death of her stepson, Private Alexander McKinnon, Mrs Alice McKinnon wrote a letter on 21st July 1921 to Officer in Charge of Base Records in Melbourne, requesting assistance from the government for the eight children which were left in her care and that both his parents were dead. Alexander had five other siblings: Jean Charlotte, Frederick McKinnon (who served in World War II, SX3390), Margaret Kersley McKinnon, Mary Veronica McKinnon, Alexander William McKinnon, the children of Alexander and Mary McKinnon.
In Alexander’s will, he left his estate to his natural mother "Cobb" an aboriginal woman of Mount Dare via Charlotte Waters, Northern Territory. On 21 May 1922, in memo 3791 from the Defence Department stated "I have advised that Gratuity of the late soldier has been awarded to the aboriginal "Cobb" but has be paid to the Protector of Aborigines in this State". Mrs A McKinnon was sent and received Alexander’s campaign medals and personal effects, the receipt slip was signed by Mary McKinnon. |
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Embarkation Roll Nominal Roll "Roll of Honour", Northern Territory Times and Gazette, Thursday 1 November 1917, page 7. The Forty-Third : the story and official history of the 43rd Battalion, A.I.F. / narrative and compilation by E.J. Colliver and B.H. Richardson Unit War Diary McKinnon Family History web site |
| Related Materials: | The AWM has no "Roll of Honour Circular" nor a Red Cross wounded and missing file for this man. This BTM Index of Northern Territory combines information from census records, directories and electoral rolls and includes lists of government officials. The disc includes the surviving census of the Territory 1881 to 1921; the electoral rolls 1884 to 1940; and the directories 1908 to 1930. REF CDROM. |
| Related Materials: | Death notice in "Roll of Honour" Northern Territory Times, Thursday 1 November 1917, p. 7. |
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