KIRTON, Alexander Mann

Service Number –   450.

Rank –   Regimental  Quartermaster  Sergeant.

Unit / Division –   11th  Battalion.

Enlistment Date –   14  August  1914.

Address on Enlistment –   Hill  Street,  East  Fremantle,  W. A.

Occupation on Enlistment –   Bank  Clerk.

Next of Kin on Enlistment –   Father-  R. G. Kirton,  88  High  Street,  Fremantle,  W. A.

 

Religion –   Church  of  England.

Embarkation Details –   From  Fremantle  on  2  November  1914  on  Transport  A11  “ Ascanius  “.

KIA / Mortally Wounded –

Date –   18  February  1916.

Place –   Egypt.

Age at Death –   22.

Burial Location / Commemoration Details –   Cairo  War  Memorial  Cemetery,  Egypt  (  Row  D,  Grave  No. 321 ).

Panel Number, Roll of Honour (Australian War Memorial) –   63.

Mortally  injured  during  a  bombing  accident  at  the  Imperial  School  of  Instruction,  Zeitoun,  Egypt.