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Dean,

Alexander

Private. 46th Battalion, AIF. SN 3290. KIA 21.10.1917 Belgium. Age 22 years

Terrace Road, Guildford, WA (sister, 1922)

Date Enlisted 17/11/1916
Service Number SN 3290
Age of Enlistment 21 years 6 months
Place of Enlistment Blackboy Hill, WA
Place of Birth Delnapot, Blacksboat, MorayShire, Scotland
Previous Military Experience Nil
Occupation Teamster
Marital Status Single
Religion Church of England
School Attended NK
Address History Sister - Mrs Elsie Dean c/- Henn House, Guildford Grammar School, 90 Terrace Road, Guildford, WA. Father - Frank Dean, Delnapot, Blacksboat Moray Shire, Scotland
Cause of Death or Invalided
KIA (Killed in Action)

Military History


Embarked Fremantle per HMAT ‘Persic’ A34 for UK 29.12.1916.
Roll Rank Private.
Roll Unit 8th Reinforcement 46th Bn. AIF.
Dean disembarked at Devonport England with his Bn. 3.3.1917. He marched in to the 12th Training Bn. at Codford. After 3 months of intensive training, he proceeded to France with 12th Training Bn. 3.6.1917. He marched in to the 4th Australian Division Base at Le Havre 6.6.1917 and joined the 46th Bn. from the reinforcements 21.6.1917. The 46th Bn. fought at the Battle of Messines in June 1917 and Passchendaele from July- November 1917. Dean was KIA at Zillebeke in the field 21.10.1917. His remains were recovered some time later, exhumed and re- interred to the Perth Cemetery (China Wall), (1 ½ miles E.S.E. Ypres) West Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium, Plot 4, Row D, Grave 16.
Final Rank Private, 46th Bn. AIF.
Medical Condition Dec’d KIA.
Awards and Medals British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Photos  HMAT' 'Persic' leaving Melbourne Wharf. Photographer Josiah Barnes, photograph source AWM P00997.013
              Firing at Passendaele Ridge 1917. Photographer E.C. Barnes, photograph source AWM C00835
              Dugout at Hell Blast Corner, Lake Zillebeke 1917. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM E04611

Information Source
AWM P00997.013. HMAT' 'Persic' leaving Melbourne Wharf. Photographer Josiah Barnes, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM C00835. Firing at Passendaele Ridge 1917. Photographer E.C. Barnes, photograph sourced from the pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM E04611. Dugout at Hell Blast Corner, Lake Zillebeke 1917. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
Guildford War Memorial
NAA: B2455, Dean A
AWM Embarkation Roll- Alexander Dean
AWM Roll of Honour- Alexander Dean
Wise, H. and Co. Western Australian Post Office Directories

90 Terrace Road,Guildford. WA. (sister 1922)

C/- Henn House, Guildford Grammar School, Terrace Rd. Guildford. WA

 

Associated Images

HMAT' 'Persic' leaving Melbourne Wharf. Photographer Josiah Barnes, photograph source AWM P00997.013
HMAT' 'Persic' leaving Melbourne Wharf. Photographer Josiah Barnes, photograph source AWM P00997.013
Australian Soldiers travelling to Messines Ridge June 1917. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM E00475
Australian Soldiers travelling to Messines Ridge June 1917. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM E00475
Firing at Passendaele Ridge 1917. Photographer E.C. Barnes, photograph source AWM C00835
Firing at Passendaele Ridge 1917. Photographer E.C. Barnes, photograph source AWM C00835
Dugout at Hell Blast Corner, Lake Zillebeke 1917. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM E04611
Dugout at Hell Blast Corner, Lake Zillebeke 1917. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM E04611