Alexander John Rankin

  General Notes:

Service Record
Name RANKIN, ALEXANDER JOHN
Service Australian Army
Service Number V28536
Date of Birth 1 Apr 1918
Place of Birth HAMILTON, VIC
Date of Enlistment 13 Aug 1940
Locality on Enlistment HAMILTON, VIC
Place of Enlistment HAMILTON, VIC
Next of Kin RANKIN, JOHN
Date of Discharge 9 Dec 1943
Rank Private
Posting at Discharge 2 CAVALRY DIVISION AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICES CORPS
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No

Alexander married Esther Veronica (Ethel) Smith, daughter of George John Abraham Smith and Lillian Sarah Patching, in 1940 in Victoria Australia. (Esther Veronica (Ethel) Smith was born in 1917 in Ballarat, Victoria Australia and died on 1 Jul 1996.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Certificate: (13633).