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Wednesday, 30 May 2007

9th LHR, AIF, Roll of Honour,
Topic: AIF - 3B - 9 LHR

9th LHR, AIF

9th Australian Light Horse Regiment

Roll of Honour

Alec Luffman Axtens

Alec Luffman Axtens's name on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial

Alec Luffman Axtens

Service number: 96

Rank: Trooper [Tpr]

Unit: 9th Australian Light Horse

Service: Army

Conflict: 1914-1918

Date of death: 30 May 1915

Cause of death: Killed in action

Cemetery or memorial details: GALLIPOLI 29. Ari Burnu Cemetery Anzac

War Grave Register notes: AXTENS, Tpr. Alec Luffman, 96. 9th Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 30th May, 1915. Age 20. Son of William and Sarah Annie Axtens, of Hotwells Rd., Clifton, Bristol, England. B. 12.

Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.

A brief military biography of Alec Luffman Axtens from The AIF Project:

Regimental number	96
Date of birth	19 September 1894
Place of birth	Bristol, England
School	Technical College, Bristol, England
Age on arrival in Australia	20
Religion	Church of England
Occupation	Wood merchant
Marital status	Single
Age at embarkation	20
Next of kin	Father, William Axtens, Potterville Road, Bristol, England
Enlistment date	11 September 1914
Place of enlistment	Adelaide. South Australia
Rank on enlistment	Private
Unit name	9th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number	10/14/1
Embarkation details	Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A26 Armadale on 12 February 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll	Private
Unit from Nominal Roll	9th Light Horse Regiment
Fate	Killed in Action 30 May 1915
Place of death or wounding	Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of death	30 May 1915
Age at death	21
Age at death from cemetery records	20
Place of burial	Ari Burnu Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 12), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial	7
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records	Son of William and Sarah Annie Axtens of Horwells Road, Clifton, Bristol, England
Other details	Enlisted from Adelaide, South Australia. War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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9th Light Horse Regiment, AIF

Citation: 9th LHR, AIF, Roll of Honour, Alec Luffman Axtens

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Updated: Monday, 26 July 2010 9:56 AM EADT

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