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Record #26974
Name :
: Reginald Gordon ALEXANDER (1917 - 1942)


Father
:
Mother
:
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 20 Sep 1917   Notes : Source: WWII record

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 20 Feb 1942   Notes : Source: WWII Nominal Roll
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Lancashire, West Derby

Dec qtr, 8b 500, mmn LUCAS (FreeBMD)
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Jan 1928
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Barrabool

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesReginald, aged 9, arrived with a small group of boys bound for Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra, Western Australia.

He enlisted in WWII (NAA RecordSearch):
ALEXANDER REGINALD GORDON : Service Number - WX191 : Date of birth - 20 Sep 1917 : Place of birth - COUNTY OF BOOTLE ENGLAND : Place of enlistment - CLAREMONT WA : Next of Kin - KAYE WILLIAM

He was killed in action in 1942, aged 24. He is memorialised at the Northern Territory Memorial, Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT. It is one of several memorials erected to commemorate the men of the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Air Force and the Australian Merchant Navy who lost their lives in the south-west Pacific region during the 1939-1945 War and have no known grave. 
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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
26974 ALEXANDER, Reginald Gordon1917ENG, LAN, West Derby Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
25136 ANDERSON, Muriel Helen1921ENG, ESS, West Ham Oct 1930 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
5494 ANDERSON, Robert1918ENG, LND, Lambeth Oct 1930 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
25268 BLAKE, James Sidney1919ENG, LND, Wandsworth Oct 1930 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
25269 BLAKE, William Victor1921ENG, LND, Wandsworth Oct 1930 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
25431 BROWNE, Francis Wilfred1919ENG, LAN, Preston Oct 1930 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26322 BUCKLAND, George William1918ENG, LND, Lambeth Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26975 CLOFULIA, Leslie1916ENG, LAN, West Derby Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26976 DOBSON, Harold1916ENG, LAN, West Derby Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26977 DOUBLE, James1918ENG, LND, Kensington Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26979 FARRER, Geoffrey Dietrich Keen 1913ENG, LND, Holborn Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26978 FARRER, Humphrey Bertram1916ENG, LND, Lambeth Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26892 FLETCHER, Desmond Carlton1922ENG, STS, Silverdale Oct 1930 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
5429 GEARY, William Crocker1920ENG,     Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26893 HYATT, Irma Joan1922ENG, LND, Hammersmith Oct 1930 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26980 JACKSON, Frederick1917ENG,     Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26985 MILNE, Walter1916ENG, HAM, Portsmouth Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26981 MURRELL, Alfred John1916ENG, LND, Southwark Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26982 O'DELL, James Clifton1917ENG, KEN, Elham, Folkestone Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26894 OSBORNE, John1918ENG,     Oct 1930 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26983 POWELL, Bertie1919ENG, LND Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26984 SMILES, Frederick William1916ENG, ESS, West Ham Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes