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Gunner WILLIAM L. ALEXANDER

Service Number: DR/234
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps

Date of Death

Died 24 December 1941

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY

1. B. Coll. grave 2-9.

China, (including Hong Kong)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Young Alexander and Jeanie Dickie Alexander; husband of Elizabeth Forsyth Alexander, of Sandringham, Victoria, Australia. Chartered Accountant.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE. EVER REMEMBERED
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Buried or commemorated at

STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY
China, (including Hong Kong)
Number of casualties: 695
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