9th Light Horse
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Alexander Cameron (SN 1470) born in Ballarat, was a 29 year old bread carter when he enlisted in Ballarat on July 21st 1915. He embarked on November 23rd aboard the Ceramic and sailed to Egypt. He remained in Egypt and served predominantly with the 9th Light Horse Regiment. He avoided combat wounds but during his service he suffered from Influenza and then malaria towards the war’s end. He returned to Australia aboard the Euripides, disembarked on April 25th 1919 and was discharged on June 17th ‘medically unfit’.
