CHINDITS 1943 Alexander, Leigh Arbuthnot

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Alexander ​

• FORENAME

Leigh Arbuthnot ​

• UNIT

3 Bn 2nd Gurkha Rifles (Commanding Officer) (C.O. 1 (Southern) Group)) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant Colonel ​

• NUMBER

IA/175 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

28th April 1943 ​

• AGE

45 ​

• GRAVESITE

Taukkyan War Cemetery,Myanmar Joint grave 19.G.1-2 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 04.07.1898, Umzinto, South Africa​

son of Major William and Ethel Rubina Alexander, Etchingham, Sussex​

husband of Nancy (nee Chamberlian) Alexander (1907-????)​

3 children​

joined 2/5 Gurkas 11.05.1917​

commissioned Indian Army 27.10.1917​

DOW Burma ​

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