Alexander Alphonsus Adair (1895 - 1928)

Born 1895 in East Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Agnes Louisa (Creek) Adair — married Mar 1917 in St George Hanover Square, London, England, United Kingdom

Died 19 Feb 1928 at about age 33 in Mildura, Victoria, Australia

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Alexander Adair is an Anzac who served in World War One.

Biography

Alexander Adair was Wounded in Action during World War I.

• Wikitree Roll of Honor
• Wounded In Action

Alexander was born in 1895. He was the son of Alexander Adair and Sarah Bennington. ^[1] Alexander attended St Patrick’s College as a nine year old boy.

Alex enlisted in the Army when he was 19 years and 7 months of age. His Service No: 2450 He attained the rank of Lance Corporal. He was at Gallipoli. then transferred to France, and was engaged in battles at the Somme and Pozieres. He had a gun shot wound to his left thigh which required his evacuation to London.^[2] Alexander married an English girl, Agnes Louisa Creek. They married at St George Hanover Square, London, in 1917 .^[3]

The following year, on 10 January 1919 Agnes and infant daughter Kathleen May migrated to Australia on the Osterley, disembarking at Sydney. They resided at Deakin Avenue, Mildura where Alexander worked as a law clerk.^[4]

He was 33 years of age when on 19 February 1928, Alexander died of toxaemia from pulmonary tuberculosis. He was buried in the Nichols Point, Mildura Cemetery on 20 February 1928 ^{[5] [6]}

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: Victoria BDM Registration No:
2. ↑ Army – World War I – National Archives of Australia, Australian .
3. ↑ Marriage: Family Search: England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005, Alex Adair
4. ↑ Biography: http://www.stpats.vic.edu.au/en/news/article/adair-alexander-alphonsus/
5. ↑ Burial: Billions of Graves
6. ↑ Death: Victoria BDM Registration No: 2928 Year 1928, Father's name ADAIR Alexander James , Mother's name Sarah Ann (Bennington)